conterminous
pronunciation
How to pronounce conterminous in British English:
UK [kɒn'tɜ:mɪnəs]
How to pronounce conterminous in American English:
US [kən'tɜmɪnəs]
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- Adjective:
- connecting without a break; within a common boundary
- having a common boundary or edge; touching
- of equal extent or scope or duration
Word Origin
- conterminous (adj.)
- 1670s, from Latin conterminus "bordering upon, having a common boundary," from com- "together, with" (see com-) + terminus (see terminus).
Example
- 1. Anyhow , of furniture decorate should size look line , on any account is conterminous , strewn at random have send .
- 2. In the present calendar system , the close of one year is conterminous with the beginning of the next .
- 3. The civil and ecclesiastical parishes in england are sometimes , but not always , conterminous .
- 4. A simple method of the conterminous lines of complex surface solid .
- 5. In fact , it is almost perfectly conterminous with lands conquered by muslim dynasties in the centuries after the death of the prophet muhammad .