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con⋅ter⋅mi⋅nous

[kuh

n-tur-muh-nuh

–adjective

1.	having a common boundary; bordering; contiguous.

2.	meeting at the ends; without an intervening gap: In our calendar system, the close of one year is conterminous with the beginning of the next.

3.	coterminous.

Also, con⋅ter⋅mi⋅nal, coterminal.

Origin:
1625–35; < L conterminus having a common border with, equiv. to con- con- + terminus terminus; see -ous

Related forms:

con⋅ter⋅mi⋅nal⋅ly, con⋅ter⋅mi⋅nous⋅ly, adverb

con⋅ter⋅mi⋅nal⋅i⋅ty, con⋅ter⋅mi⋅nous⋅ness, noun

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con·ter·mi·nous

(kən-tûr'mə-nəs)

adj.

Having a boundary in common; contiguous: The northern border of the United States is conterminous with the southern border of Canada.
Contained in the same boundaries; coextensive: the conterminous 48 states.
Having the same scope, range of meaning, or extent in time.

[From Latin conterminus : com-, com- + terminus, boundary.]
con·ter'mi·nous·ly adv., con·ter'mi·nous·ness n.

Conterminous

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

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

conterminous
adjective
1.	connecting without a break; within a common boundary; "the 48 conterminous states"; "the contiguous 48 states"
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]
3.	being of equal extent or scope or duration [syn: coextensive]