contiguous

• 指物体相互接触或连接形成连续不断的关系，常用于地理或数学语境。

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.

   相邻的

   • 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.

   同义词adjacentadjoiningneighboringtouching

   反义词detacheddisconnecteddisjointnonadjacentseparate

2. Next or near in time or sequenceC1formal

   Following in an unbroken order; consecutive.

   连续的

   • 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.

   同义词consecutivecontinuousensuingfollowingnextsequentialsuccessive

   反义词brokendiscontinuousinterruptedseparate