contiguous

• Qualifie des objets ou des zones qui se touchent ou sont reliés de manière continue, souvent utilisé en géographie ou en mathématiques.

Describes things that are touching or connected in an unbroken sequence, often used in geography or mathematics.

1. Sharing a common borderC1formal

   Touching or connected along a boundary; adjacent.

   contigu

   • Canada and the United States are contiguous countries.
   • The two properties are contiguous, separated only by a fence.
   • The states of the contiguous United States share land borders.

   Synonymesadjacentadjoiningneighboringtouching

   Antonymesdetacheddisconnecteddisjointnonadjacentseparate

2. Next or near in time or sequenceC1formal

   Following in an unbroken order; consecutive.

   Contigu au sens temporel

   • The events occurred on three contiguous days.
   • The pages of the book are numbered in contiguous order.
   • The data was collected over contiguous time intervals.

   Synonymesconsecutivecontinuousensuingfollowingnextsequentialsuccessive

   Antonymesbrokendiscontinuousinterruptedseparate