Hypertext Webster Gateway: "contiguousness"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Contiguous \Con*tig"u*ous\, a. [L. contiguus; akin to contigere
to touch on all sides. See {Contingent}.]
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.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
contiguousness
n : the attribute of being so near as to be touching [syn: {adjacency},
{contiguity}]
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