co-terminousadj.

Forms: Also coterminous

Etymology: Improperly formed: compare contemporary adj. and n.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: co-ˈterminous.

= conterminous adj. Frequently const. with.

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > distance > nearness > [adjective] > contiguous > bordering > having common boundary

conterminate1578

conterminous1631

conterminant1640

co-terminatea1657

co-terminous1799

conterminal1802

1799 J. Robertson Gen. View Agric. Perth 59 These..fences are constructed and maintained at the mutual expence of co~terminous heritors.

1861 J. G. Sheppard Fall of Rome vi. 293 It was their policy to have a co-terminous kindred power on the opposite side of the Alps.

1864 A. Trollope Small House at Allington I. i. 1 The estate of Dale of Allington had been coterminous with the parish of Allington for some hundreds of years.

1937 R. H. Lowie Hist. Ethnol. Theory x. 159 Another major difference among ethnological historians that is not quite coterminous with the division into a right and left wing.

1940 C. S. Lewis Probl. of Pain iii. 28 There is kindness in Love: but Love and kindness are not coterminous.

1943 A. M. Farrer Finite & Infinite xv. 180 If we take ‘will’ to be coterminous with the highest expressions of explicit rationality.

1966 Economist 15 Jan. 176/1 What future Presidents would gain would be a House of Representatives elected with them..and coterminous with their term of office.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

单词	co-terminous
释义	co-terminousadj. Forms: Also coterminous Etymology: Improperly formed: compare contemporary adj. and n.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: co-ˈterminous. = conterminous adj. Frequently const. with. ΘΚΠ the world > space > distance > nearness > [adjective] > contiguous > bordering > having common boundary conterminate1578 conterminous1631 conterminant1640 co-terminatea1657 co-terminous1799 conterminal1802 1799 J. Robertson Gen. View Agric. Perth 59 These..fences are constructed and maintained at the mutual expence of co~terminous heritors. 1861 J. G. Sheppard Fall of Rome vi. 293 It was their policy to have a co-terminous kindred power on the opposite side of the Alps. 1864 A. Trollope Small House at Allington I. i. 1 The estate of Dale of Allington had been coterminous with the parish of Allington for some hundreds of years. 1937 R. H. Lowie Hist. Ethnol. Theory x. 159 Another major difference among ethnological historians that is not quite coterminous with the division into a right and left wing. 1940 C. S. Lewis Probl. of Pain iii. 28 There is kindness in Love: but Love and kindness are not coterminous. 1943 A. M. Farrer Finite & Infinite xv. 180 If we take ‘will’ to be coterminous with the highest expressions of explicit rationality. 1966 Economist 15 Jan. 176/1 What future Presidents would gain would be a House of Representatives elected with them..and coterminous with their term of office. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < adj.1799
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