conterminant

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adjective

Having the same limits; ending at the same time; conterminous.

OriginEnglish terminant ← Middle English con- ← Latin con- →
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Meanings

adjectiveconterminant (not comparable)
  1. not comparableHaving the same limits; ending at the same time; conterminous.

    if haply your dates of life were conterminant

    1823, Elia [pseudonym; Charles Lamb], Elia. Essays which have Appeared under that Signature in The London Magazine, London: […] [Thomas Davison] for Taylor and Hessey, […], →OCLC

Origin

  1. Old Frenchcon-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*ḱe?
  3. Proto-Indo-European*ḱóm
  4. Proto-Italic*kom
  5. Proto-Italic*kom-
  6. Latincon-
  7. Middle Englishcon-
  8. Englishcon-
  9. Englishterminant
  10. Englishconterminant

From con- + terminant.

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APA

conterminant. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/conterminant

MLA

“conterminant.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/conterminant. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “conterminant,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/conterminant.

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