contiguity

[ kon-ti-gyoo-i-tee ]

noun

, plural con·ti·gu·i·ties.

1. the state of being contiguous; contact or proximity.
2. a series of things in continuous connection; a continuous mass or extent.

Other Words From

• noncon·ti·gui·ty noun plural noncontiguities

Word History and Origins

Origin of contiguity¹

From the Late Latin word contiguitās, dating back to 1635–45. See contiguous, -ity

Example Sentences

States can have additional rules, such as contiguity of districts or that cities or counties be kept intact.

From Science News

The concerns over contiguity have been held up in particular as almost exactly backwards.

From The Daily Beast

One can't, with a straight face, call this territorial "contiguity," especially since that road would be easy for Israel to close.

From The Daily Beast

And thus destroy territorial contiguity for any Palestinian state.

From The Daily Beast

Further, it would lack territorial contiguity, even in the West Bank.

From The Daily Beast

They take place whether the organs be tied or cut through, provided there exists a simple contiguity between the divided ends.

From Project Gutenberg

The principal cause of them is the contiguity of this river to the Blue Mountains.

From Project Gutenberg

He dwells on the inferiority of this shot, the smallness of the skin, the close contiguity of its owner.

From Project Gutenberg

There are two general classes of association of ideas in memory, viz.: Association of contiguity, and logical association.

From Project Gutenberg

Neither can I see the force of his argument derived from the contiguity of the grave-yard.

From Project Gutenberg

Related Words

• area
• block
• district
• parish
• part
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• region
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• territory
• zone