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   The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition.  2000.
 
contiguous
 
SYLLABICATION:con·tig·u·ous
PRONUNCIATION:  kn-tgy-s
ADJECTIVE:1. Sharing an edge or boundary; touching. 2. Neighboring; adjacent. 3a. Connecting without a break: the 48 contiguous states. b. Connected in time; uninterrupted: served two contiguous terms in office.
ETYMOLOGY:From Latin contiguus, from contingere, contig-, to touch. See contact.
OTHER FORMS:con·tigu·ous·ly —ADVERB
con·tigu·ous·ness —NOUN
 
 
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