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Meanings of contiguity in English

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contigüitat

The attribute of being so near as to be touching.

        contigüitat
        Usage of contiguity in English
        1
        People need to touch the facts, and nearness in time is contiguity.
        The Complete Writings of Charles Dudley Warner — Volume 1
        2
        Side by side contiguity one can understand, but not this other adjacence.
        A Wanderer in Florence
        3
        We compared these two sets of images with respect to quality and contiguity.
        Pubmed
        4
        As it was, the framers failed to appreciate the force of geographic contiguity.
        The United States of America, Part 1: 1783-1830
        5
        But physiologically and for the observer association by contiguity comes first.
        The Life of Reason: The Phases of Human Progress
        6
        Zenobia and Hollingsworth went next, in close contiguity, but not with arm in arm.
        The Blithedale Romance
        7
        These scenes do not hang together in any local contiguity.
        The Life of Reason: The Phases of Human Progress
        8
        His contiguity influenced her too sensibly; she could not reason.
        A Changed Man, and Other Tales
        9
        Nor did the contiguity seem displeasing to the lovely girl.
        The Lost Hunter / A Tale of Early Times
        10
        There was contiguity but not much sociability in our neighborhood.
        Urban Sketches
        11
        This double contempt is likewise strengthened by the two relations of kindred and contiguity.
        A Treatise of Human Nature
        12
        Ransom Hilbrook came and went among the villagers in the same sort of inaccessible contiguity.
        A Pair of Patient Lovers
        13
        The laborers probably chose this contiguity for the sake of company across the wide fields.
        The Knickerbocker, or New-York Monthly Magazine, February 1844 /...
        14
        Owing to the contiguity of British territory, the Maine Law is constantly evaded, in spirit.
        The Complete Writings of Charles Dudley Warner — Volume 1
        15
        Increased contiguity of SGP hybrid assemblies resulted in considerable improvement in gene prediction and annotation.
        Pubmed
        16
        The contiguity to the river made every step important.
        Sybil, Or, The Two Nations
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        Translations for contiguity
        Contiguity through the time
        Contiguity across language varieties
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