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Wordnet 3.0

ADJECTIVE (3)

1. connecting without a break; within a common boundary;
- Example: "the 48 conterminous states"
- Example: "the contiguous 48 states"
[syn: conterminous, contiguous]

2. having a common boundary or edge; abutting; touching;
- Example: "Rhode Island has two bordering states Massachusetts and Conncecticut";
- Example: "the side of Germany conterminous with France"
- Example: "Utah and the contiguous state of Idaho"
- Example: "neighboring cities"
[syn: adjacent, conterminous, contiguous, neighboring(a)]

3. being of equal extent or scope or duration;
[syn: coextensive, coterminous, conterminous]



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Conterminous \Con*ter"mi*nous\, a. [L. conterminus. Cf.
   Conterminous.]
   Having the same bounds, or limits; bordering upon;
   contiguous.
   [1913 Webster]

         This conformed so many of them as were conterminous to
         the colonies and garrisons, to the Roman laws. --Sir M.
                                                  Hale.
   [1913 Webster] Conterranean


WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

conterminous
    adj 1: connecting without a break; within a common boundary;
           "the 48 conterminous states"; "the contiguous 48 states"
           [syn: conterminous, contiguous]
    2: having a common boundary or edge; abutting; touching; "Rhode
       Island has two bordering states; Massachusetts and
       Conncecticut"; "the side of Germany conterminous with
       France"; "Utah and the contiguous state of Idaho";
       "neighboring cities" [syn: adjacent, conterminous,
       contiguous, neighboring(a)]
    3: being of equal extent or scope or duration [syn:
       coextensive, coterminous, conterminous]