contiguity

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contiguity

/ˌkɒn.tɪˈɡjuː.ɪ.ti/ UK
/ˌkɑn.tɪˈɡju.ɪ.ti/ US
/ˌkɑn.təˈɡju.ə.ti/
[ˌkɑn.təˈɡju.ə.ɾi]
[ˌkɑn.ɾəˈɡju.ə.ɾi]

Rhymes with -uːɪti

Where it comes from

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

noun contiguities

countable, uncountable 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. In the mechanical conception of ‘cause’ it is…demanded that there should be spatial and temporal contiguity between the movements involved.
Similar: synapse

Opposite: discontiguity

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noun

Opposite: discontiguity

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noun state in which objects are physically touching

Español	contigüidad
Português	contiguidade
Français	contiguïté
Italiano	contiguità
Română	contiguitate
Русский	соприкосновение soprikosnoveniye

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@misc{contiguity_2026,
  title = {contiguity},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/contiguity},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}