Meanings
plural contiguities
- countableuncountableA state in which two or more physical objects are physically touching one another or in which sections of a plane border on one another.
spatial contiguity
5 more examples
In the mechanical conception of ‘cause’ it is…demanded that there should be spatial and temporal contiguity between the movements involved.
1958–1960, R.S. Peters, The Concept of Motivation, Routledge & Kegan Paul (second edition), chapter i: “Types of Explanation in Psychological Theories”, page 12The two regions share a border and are connected by geographical contiguity.
The study examined the contiguity of urban areas across the border.
geographical contiguity
physical contiguity
Synonyms: synapse
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA state in which two or more physical objects are physically touching one another or in which sections of a plane border on one another.
More synonyms by meaning
nounthe attribute of being so near as to be touching
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Latincontiguus“bordering upon”
- Late Latincontiguitās
- Frenchcontiguïté
- Englishcontiguity
From French contiguïté (whence -ity), from Late Latin contiguitās, from Latin contiguus (“bordering upon”), from contingō (“to touch or border upon”).
More words from French, Late Latin, Latin
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Bulgarian допир
- допир (dopir)state in which objects are physically touching
Catalan contigüitat
- contigüitatstate in which objects are physically touching
French contiguïté
- contiguïtéstate in which objects are physically touching
Italian contiguità
- contiguitàstate in which objects are physically touching
Polish przyległość
- przyległośćstate in which objects are physically touching
Portuguese contiguidade
- contiguidadestate in which objects are physically touching
Romanian contiguitate
- contiguitatestate in which objects are physically touching
Russian соприкосновение
- соприкосновение (soprikosnoveniye)state in which objects are physically touching
Spanish contigüidad
- contigüidadstate in which objects are physically touching
Swedish kontiguitet
- kontiguitetstate in which objects are physically touching
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with contiguity
All rhymes →Cite this entry
contiguity. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/contiguity
“contiguity.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/contiguity. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “contiguity,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/contiguity.
Source: contiguity on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.