Conterminous

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Conterminous \Con*ter"mi*nous\, a. [L. conterminus. Cf.
     {Conterminous}.]
     Having the same bounds, or limits; bordering upon;
     contiguous.
     [1913 Webster]
  


           This conformed so many of them as were conterminous to
           the colonies and garrisons, to the Roman laws. --Sir M.
                                                    Hale.
     [1913 Webster] Conterranean

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [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"; "neighboring cities" [syn: {abutting}, {adjacent},
           {adjoining}, {contiguous}, {neighboring(a)}]
       3: of equal extent or scope or duration [syn: {coextensive}, {coterminous}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  47 Moby Thesaurus words for "conterminous":
     accompanying, adjacent, adjoining, agreeing, bordering, buck,
     coetaneous, coeternal, coeval, coexistent, coexisting,
     coinstantaneous, collateral, combat, concomitant, concurrent,
     connecting, contemporaneous, contemporary, contend, contiguous,
     coterminous, dispute, duel, end to end, endeavor, endways, endwise,
     face to face, fight, immediate, isochronal, isochronous, joined,
     juxtaposed, neighbor, neighboring, next, oppose, repel, rival,
     simultaneous, traverse, unison, unisonous, vie, withstand