| a. | 1. | In actual contact; touching; also, adjacent; near; neighboring; adjoining. The two halves of the paper did not appear fully divided . . . but seemed contiguous at one of their angles.
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| Adj. | 1. | contiguous - very close or connected in space or time; "contiguous events"; "immediate contact"; "the immediate vicinity"; "the immediate past" Synonyms: immediate |
| 2. | contiguous - connecting without a break; within a common boundary; "the 48 conterminous states"; "the contiguous 48 states" Synonyms: conterminous | |
| 3. | contiguous - 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" |