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coterminous
[ koh-tur-muh-nuhs ]
adjective
- having the same border or covering the same area.
- being the same in extent; coextensive in range or scope.
coterminous
/ kəʊˈtɜːmɪnəs /
adjective
- having a common boundary; bordering; contiguous
- coextensive or coincident in range, time, scope, etc
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Other Words From
- co·termi·nous·ly adverb
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Word History and Origins
Origin of coterminous1
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Example Sentences
The belief in immortality is coterminous with belief in the Deity; the two forms of faith are always found together.
The walls of this cage, when they are in contact with those of the cages of other gemmules, are coterminous with them.
The parishes in these counties were ordered to be coterminous with the bounds of the counties.
That is the third stage, and it is coterminous with life, Tom.
It is not sufficient to attempt a rapid solution of this problem by assuming that artistic and ethnic boundaries are coterminous.
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