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coterminous

[ koh-tur-muh-nuhs ]

adjective

  1. having the same border or covering the same area.
  2. being the same in extent; coextensive in range or scope.


coterminous

/ kəʊˈtɜːmɪnəs /

adjective

  1. having a common boundary; bordering; contiguous
  2. coextensive or coincident in range, time, scope, etc
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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  • co·termi·nous·ly adverb
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Word History and Origins

Origin of coterminous1

First recorded in 1790–1800; re-formation of conterminous ( def ); co-
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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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