Hypertext Webster Gateway: "conterminous"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Conterminous \Con*ter"mi*nous\, a. [L. conterminus. Cf.
{Conterminous}.]
Having the same bounds, or limits; bordering upon;
contiguous.
This conformed so many of them as were conterminous to
the colonies and garrisons, to the Roman laws. --Sir M.
Hale.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
conterminous
adj 1: connecting without a break; within a common boundary; "the
48 conterminous states"; "the contiguous 48 states"
[syn: {contiguous}]
2: having a common boundary or edge; touching; "abutting lots";
"adjoining rooms"; "Rhode Island has two bordering states;
Massachusetts and Conncecticut"; "the side of Germany
conterminous with France"; "Utah and the contiguous state
of Idaho" [syn: {abutting}, {adjacent}, {adjoining}, {bordering(a)},
{contiguous}]
3: of equal extent or scope or duration [syn: {coextensive}, {coterminous}]
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