contiguity

== English == === Etymology === From French contiguïté (whence -ity), from Late Latin contiguitās, from Latin contiguus (“bordering upon”), from contingō (“to touch or border upon”). === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˌkɒn.tɪˈɡjuː.ɪ.ti/ (General American) IPA(key): /ˌkɑn.tɪˈɡju.ɪ.ti/ (weak vowel merger) IPA(key): /ˌkɑn.təˈɡju.ə.ti/, [ˌkɑn.təˈɡju.ə.ɾi], [ˌkɑn.ɾəˈɡju.ə.ɾi] Rhymes: -uːɪti Hyphenation: con‧ti‧gu‧i‧ty === Noun === contiguity (countable and uncountable, plural contiguities) 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. 1958–1960, R.S. Peters, The Concept of Motivation, Routledge & Kegan Paul (second edition), chapter i: “Types of Explanation in Psychological Theories”, page 12: In the mechanical conception of ‘cause’ it is…demanded that there should be spatial and temporal contiguity between the movements involved. ==== Synonyms ==== (state in which objects are physically touching): synapse (of neurons) ==== Antonyms ==== discontiguity ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === References === Noah Webster (1828), “contiguity”, in An American Dictionary of the English Language: […], volume I (A–I), New York, N.Y.: […] S. Converse; printed by Hezekiah Howe […], →OCLC. “contiguity”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC. “contiguity”, in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present. Notes: