conterminous
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9.5
- adjective
- /kənˈtɜːrmɪnəs/
:
contiguo
- This research is part of the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) Land Cover Trends project to estimate land changes in the conterminous United States (Napton and Loveland 2004).
- the conterminous United States
Examples
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He gained modest support from Congress to study the Colorado region, the last place left still largely unexplored in the conterminous US.
Academic text (2007) -
Proposal to Reclassify and Remove the Gray Wolf from the List of Endangered and Threatened Wildlife in Portions of the Conterminous United States.
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The tidal shorelines of the conterminous United States, not including small embayments and islands, extend approximately 38,000 miles.
Academic text (1991) -
The 50 most affluent counties alone are home to more than one-third of all households in the conterminous United States with incomes over $75,000.
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The conterminous states of the US share a long border with Canada.
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The parks created in the conterminous region will attract many visitors this summer.
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The rivers in the conterminous areas often flow into larger bodies of water.
Synonyms
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3.8
Next to something, often sharing a border or edge
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3.4
Living or working closely together in the same place
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7.0
Next to each other and touching, like two places that share a border
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9.6
Having the same limits in space, time, or meaning as something else
Next to another place or area, sharing a border
Antonyms
How Close
Surface Forms
Morphology
conterminous = terminous (semi-transparent) = con + termin + ous
The prefix 'con-' suggests a shared boundary, but the specific meaning requires understanding of the suffix 'ous'.
Etymology
The word conterminous comes from the Latin parts con- 'with' and terminus 'boundary', the same root you see in term and terminal. So when places are conterminous, they literally 'share a boundary' and touch each other.