English-Thai Dictionary

contiguous

ADJ ซึ่ง ติดกัน  adjoining sueng-tid-kan

 

contiguous

ADJ ซึ่ง ใกล้ชิด  neighboring sueng-klai-chid

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

CONTIGUOUS

a.[L., con and tango, tago, to touch. ] Touching; meeting or joining at the surface or border; as two contiguous bodies or countries. The houses in ancient Rome were not contiguous.
Usually followed by to. Bacon uses with, but he has not been followed.

 

CONTIGUOUSLY

adv. In a manner to touch; without intervening space.

 

CONTIGUOUSNESS

n.A state of contact; close union of surfaces or borders.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

CONTIGUOUS

Con *tig "u *ous, a. Etym: [L. contiguus; akin to contigere to touch on all sides. See Contingent. ]

 

Defn: 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. Sir I. Newton. Sees no contiguous palace rear its head. Goldsmith. Contiguous angles. See Adjacent angles, under Angle.

 

Syn. -- Adjoining; adjacent. See Adjacent. - Con *tig "u *ous *ly, adv. -- Con *tig "u *ous *ness, n.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

contiguous

con tig u ous |kənˈtigyo͞oəs kənˈtɪɡjuəs | ▶adjective sharing a common border; touching: the 48 contiguous states. • next or together in sequence: five hundred contiguous dictionary entries. DERIVATIVES con tig u ous ly adverb ORIGIN early 16th cent.: from Latin contiguus ‘touching, ’ from the verb contingere ‘be in contact, befall ’ (see contingent ) + -ous .

 

Oxford Dictionary

contiguous

contiguous |kənˈtɪgjʊəs | ▶adjective sharing a common border; touching: the Southern Ocean is contiguous with the Atlantic. • next or together in sequence. DERIVATIVES contiguously adverb ORIGIN early 16th cent.: from Latin contiguus ‘touching ’, from the verb contingere ‘be in contact, befall ’ (see contingent ), + -ous .

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

contiguous

contiguous adjective the contiguous Gulf states: adjacent, neighboring, adjoining, bordering, next-door; abutting, connecting, touching, in contact, proximate.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

contiguous

contiguous adjective the contiguous states of New Mexico, Arizona, Texas, and California: adjacent, neighbouring, adjoining, bordering, next-door; abutting, joining, connecting, meeting, touching, in contact, proximate; near, nearby, close; rare conterminous, vicinal. ANTONYMS distant.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

contiguous

con tig u ous /kəntɪ́ɡjuəs /形容詞 ｟かたく ｠1 «…に » 隣接 [接触 ]している, 境界を接している «with , to » .2 〈出来事などが 〉 (時間 順番において ) «…と » 近い, «…の » すぐ後に続く «with » .～ly 副詞 接触 [隣接 ]して .