'Contiguousness' definitions:
Definition of 'contiguousness'
(from WordNet)
noun
The attribute of being so near as to be touching [syn: adjacency, contiguity, contiguousness]
Definition of 'Contiguousness'
From: GCIDE
- Contiguous \Con*tig"u*ous\, a. [L. contiguus; akin to contigere to touch on all sides. See Contingent.] In actual contact; touching; also, adjacent; near; neighboring; adjoining. [1913 Webster]
- The two halves of the paper did not appear fully divided . . . but seemed contiguous at one of their angles. --Sir I. Newton. [1913 Webster]
- Sees no contiguous palace rear its head. --Goldsmith. [1913 Webster]
- Contiguous angles. See Adjacent angles, under Angle.
- Syn: Adjoining; adjacent. See Adjacent. -- {Con*tig"u*ous*ly}, adv. -- {Con*tig"u*ous*ness}, n. [1913 Webster] Continence