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单词 contiguous
释义
contiguous
adjective
formal
uk
/kənˈtɪɡ.ju.əs/us
/kənˈtɪɡ.ju.əs/
next to ortouchinganother, usuallysimilar, thing:
相近的，相邻的；毗邻的；互相连接的
The twostatesare contiguouswith/toeach other, but thelawsarequitedifferent.这两个州相毗邻，但其法律却大不相同。
Synonym
neighbouringUK
Thesaurus: synonyms, antonyms, and examples
at the side of
  • besideCome sit beside me.
  • next toYour glasses are on the table next to my tea.
  • alongCars were parked along the road.
  • alongsideBikes shared the road alongside cars and mopeds.
  • againstWe pushed the bed against the wall.
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SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Next to and beside
  • abreast
  • adjacency
  • adjacent
  • adjoining
  • against
  • along
  • atsomeone'selbowidiom
  • beside
  • bordering
  • contiguity
  • coterminous
  • next door
  • next door but oneidiom
  • non-contiguous
  • on
  • shoulder
  • shoulder to shoulderidiom
  • side
  • surrounding
  • to
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contiguitynoun
(Definition ofcontiguousfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofcontiguous

contiguous
In this framework, conceptual representations arecontiguouswith the representational forms of perception and action.
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The tract was coded ascontiguousif any of the surrounding tracts exceeded a threshold of 40% poverty.
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All the defects were eithercontiguousto the tricuspid annulus (perimembranous) or close to it (separated by the posterior limb of the septomarginal trabeculation).
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The path from the street to the front door does not cross the exterior spacecontiguouswith the main living space.
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A large exterior living space iscontiguouswith the main living space: it is at least 0.40 the size of the main living space.
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In reality, no party consolidated its hold on acontiguousarea, and the frontline was very blurred.
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For species with a compact vining habit, eachcontiguouspatch of leaves was counted as an individual plant.
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We divided each grid intocontiguous100-m2 areas circumscribed by the four trap stations at the corners.
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For example, the hand configuration of the sign me typically assimilates to that of acontiguouspredicate in the same clause.
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While the railroad car mediates between distant locales, the railroad track mediates betweencontiguousneighbourhoods and divergent social classes.
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While biseriate, the pits either build two longitudinal chains which are notcontiguous, or a more classical row of alternating compressed pits.
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He took the spaces of agriculture to becontiguouswith those of nature, and farming's subjects to be natural history's subjects.
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Such shocks can becontiguouswith rarefaction waves of the same family.
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The were also slight overlaps on maps ofcontiguousareas.
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Chi-square analysis revealed significant associations betweencontiguousconsonants and vowels for eight of the nine possible co-occurrences.
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