"contiguity" meaning in English

See contiguity in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ˌkɒn.tɪˈɡjuː.ɪ.ti/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˌkɑn.tɪˈɡju.ɪ.ti/ [General-American], /ˌkɑn.təˈɡju.ə.ti/ (note: weak vowel merger), [ˌkɑn.təˈɡju.ə.ɾi] (note: weak vowel merger), [ˌkɑn.ɾəˈɡju.ə.ɾi] (note: weak vowel merger) Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-contiguity.wav Forms: contiguities [plural]
Rhymes: -uːɪti Etymology: From French contiguïté, from Late Latin contiguitās, from Latin contiguus (“bordering upon”), from contingō (“I touch or border upon”). Etymology templates: {{bor|en|fr|contiguïté}} French contiguïté, {{der|en|LL.|contiguitās}} Late Latin contiguitās, {{der|en|la|contiguus||bordering upon}} Latin contiguus (“bordering upon”) Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} contiguity (countable and uncountable, plural contiguities)
  1. A state in which two or more physical objects are physically touching one another or in which sections of a plane border on one another. Tags: countable, uncountable Synonyms (state in which objects are physically touching): synapse (english: of neurons) Derived forms: noncontiguity Translations (state in which objects are physically touching): допир (dopir) (Bulgarian), contigüitat (Catalan), contiguïté [feminine] (French), contigüidade [feminine] (Galician), contiguità [feminine] (Italian), przyległość [feminine] (Polish), contiguidade [feminine] (Portuguese), contiguitate [feminine] (Romanian), соприкосновение (soprikosnoveniye) [neuter] (Russian), contigüidad [feminine] (Spanish), kontiguitet [common-gender] (Swedish)

Inflected forms

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