[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

conterminous \conter"minous\, a. l. conterminus. cf.
   conterminous.
   having the same bounds, or limits; bordering upon;
   contiguous.
   1913 webster

         this conformed so many of them as were conterminous to
         the colonies and garrisons, to the roman laws. --sir m.
                                                  hale.
   1913 webster conterranean
see also:
conterminous 

[2] : WordNet (r) 2.0

conterminous
     adj 1: connecting without a break; within a common boundary; "the
            48 conterminous states"; "the contiguous 48 states"
            syn: contiguous
     2: having a common boundary or edge; touching; "abutting lots";
        "adjoining rooms"; "rhode island has two bordering states;
        massachusetts and conncecticut"; "the side of germany
        conterminous with france"; "utah and the contiguous state
        of idaho"; "neighboring cities" syn: abutting, adjacent,
         adjoining, contiguous, neighboringa
     3: of equal extent or scope or duration syn: coextensive, coterminous
see also:
contiguous abutting adjacent adjoining neighboringa coextensive 
coterminous 

[3] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

47 moby thesaurus words for "conterminous":
   accompanying, adjacent, adjoining, agreeing, bordering, buck,
   coetaneous, coeternal, coeval, coexistent, coexisting,
   coinstantaneous, collateral, combat, concomitant, concurrent,
   connecting, contemporaneous, contemporary, contend, contiguous,
   coterminous, dispute, duel, end to end, endeavor, endways, endwise,
   face to face, fight, immediate, isochronal, isochronous, joined,
   juxtaposed, neighbor, neighboring, next, oppose, repel, rival,
   simultaneous, traverse, unison, unisonous, vie, withstand

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