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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]
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:

47 Moby Thesaurus words for "conterminous": accompanying, adjacent, adjoining, agreeing, bordering, buck, coetaneous, coeternal, coeval, coexistent, coexisting, coinstantaneous, collateral, combat, concomitant, concurrent, connecting, contemporaneous, contemporary, contend, contiguous, coterminous, dispute, duel, end to end, endeavor, endways, endwise, face to face, fight, immediate, isochronal, isochronous, joined, juxtaposed, neighbor, neighboring, next, oppose, repel, rival, simultaneous, traverse, unison, unisonous, vie, withstand