conterminous

conterminous
[kɒnˈtəːmɪnəs]
adjective
  1. sharing a common boundary
    有共同边界的;毗邻的,邻接的
    the forty-eight conterminous United States.
    四十八个相邻的合众国。
    ■having the same area, context, or meaning
    有相同范围(或背景,意义)的
    a genealogy conterminous with the history of the USA.
    和美国历史相同的系谱。
派生
conterminously
adverb
语源
  1. mid 17th cent.: from Latin conterminus (from con- 'with' + terminus 'boundary') + -ous. Compare with coterminous
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