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

contiguous \contig"uous\, a. l. contiguus; akin to contigere
   to touch on all sides. see contingent.
   in actual contact; touching; also, adjacent; near;
   neighboring; adjoining.
   1913 webster

         the two halves of the paper did not appear fully
         divided . . . but seemed contiguous at one of their
         angles.                                  --sir i.
                                                  newton.
   1913 webster

         sees no contiguous palace rear its head. --goldsmith.
   1913 webster

   contiguous angles. see adjacent angles, under angle.

   syn: adjoining; adjacent. see adjacent. --
        contig"uously, adv. -- contig"uousness, n.
        1913 webster continence
see also:
contingent contiguous angles adjacent angles angle adjacent contig"uously 
contig"uousness 

[2] : WordNet (r) 2.0

contiguous
     adj 1: very close or connected in space or time; "contiguous
            events"; "immediate contact"; "the immediate
            vicinity"; "the immediate past" syn: immediate
     2: connecting without a break; within a common boundary; "the
        48 conterminous states"; "the contiguous 48 states" syn:
        conterminous
     3: 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, conterminous, neighboringa
see also:
immediate conterminous abutting adjacent adjoining neighboringa 

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

25 moby thesaurus words for "contiguous":
   abutting, adjacent, adjoining, bordering, close, close-by,
   connecting, conterminous, coterminous, end to end, endways,
   endwise, face to face, immediate, joined, juxtaposed,
   juxtapositional, juxtapositive, near, nearby, neighbor,
   neighboring, next, nigh, touching

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