contiguosity

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noun

contiguousness; contiguity.

Scrabble 18

Meanings

nouncontiguosity (countable and uncountable, plural contiguosities)

plural contiguosities

  1. countablerareuncountablecontiguousness; contiguity.

    Skin lesions not infrequently are seen to follow catarrhal conditions by contiguosity.

    1912, The Chicago Medical Recorder, volume 34, page 460
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    It is a rather variable species, especially concerning the development of the thallus, the contiguosity of the apothecia and the ascospore size and shape.

    2001 May 28, Mireia Giralt, “The Lichen Genera Rinodina and Rinodinella (lichenized Ascomycetes, Physciaceae) in the Iberian Peninsula”, in Bibliotheca lichenologica, volume 79, page 39

    Both could be contiguous. arr1[ 10 ] and arr2[ 100 ] point to the same element1, but that has nothing to do with contiguosity.

    2018 May 19, AlexRainforestDev [username], “ContiguousArray and Data Locality”, in Apple Developer Forums

Origin

Cite this entry
APA

contiguosity. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/contiguosity

MLA

“contiguosity.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/contiguosity. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “contiguosity,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/contiguosity.

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