Contiguity

//ˌkɒn.tɪˈɡjuː.ɪ.ti// noun

noun ·Uncommon ·College level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 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. countable, uncountable

    "In the mechanical conception of ‘cause’ it is…demanded that there should be spatial and temporal contiguity between the movements involved."

  2. 2
    the attribute of being so near as to be touching wordnet

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adjacencynearnessproximityabutmentabuttalaccord

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"In the mechanical conception of ‘cause’ it is…demanded that there should be spatial and temporal contiguity between the movements involved."

Etymology

From French contiguïté, from Late Latin contiguitās, from Latin contiguus (“bordering upon”), from contingō (“I touch or border upon”).

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