conterminous

American  

[kuhn-tur-muh-nuhs] / kənˈtɜr mə nəs /

Also conterminal

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.

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conterminous British  

/ kənˈtɜːmɪnəl, kənˈtɜːmɪnəs, kəʊˈtɜːmɪnəs /

adjective

1. enclosed within a common boundary

2. meeting at the ends; without a break or interruption

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Other Word Forms

• conterminality noun
• conterminally adverb
• conterminously adverb
• conterminousness noun
• nonconterminal adjective
• nonconterminous adjective
• nonconterminously adverb

Etymology

Origin of conterminous

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