conterminous

[ kuhn-tur-muh-nuhs ]

adjective

1. having a common boundary; bordering; contiguous.
2. meeting at the ends; without an intervening gap:

   In our calendar system, the close of one year is conterminous with the beginning of the next.

3. coterminous.

conterminous

/ kənˈtɜːmɪnəs; kənˈtɜːmɪnəl; kəʊˈtɜːmɪnəs /

adjective

1. enclosed within a common boundary
2. meeting at the ends; without a break or interruption

Derived Forms

• conˈterminously, adverb

Other Words From

• con·termi·nal·ly con·termi·nous·ly adverb
• con·termi·nali·ty con·termi·nous·ness noun
• noncon·termi·nal adjective
• noncon·termi·nous adjective
• noncon·termi·nous·ly adverb

Word History and Origins

Origin of conterminous¹

1625–35; < Latin conterminus having a common border with, equivalent to con- con- + terminus terminus; -ous

Word History and Origins

Origin of conterminous¹

C17: from Latin conterminus, from con- + terminus end, boundary

Example Sentences

When we remember that the dialects with which it was conterminous are lost, this is not remarkable.

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In certain commodities the market is conterminous with the trade, that is, we have a world-market.

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Hitherto the term Church had been “ideally conterminous” with the Jewish Church.

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By this act the boundaries of the city were made conterminous for parliamentary, municipal and school board purposes.

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Tribes with conterminous territories usually know what phratries and classes are equivalent in their systems.

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