contiguityn.

/kɒntɪˈɡjuːɪti/

Etymology: < Latin contiguitās, or French contiguité (17th cent. in Littré), < Latin contiguus , French contigu : see contigue adj. and -ity suffix.

a. The condition of touching or being in contact.

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the world > space > distance > nearness > [noun] > contiguity

toucha1398

contingence1561

concourse1570

admotion1603

collaterage1610

contact1626

contaction1628

contiguousness1639

contingencya1646

contiguity1648

concurrence1656

osculation1669

abuttal1797

tangency1813

touching1842

1648 Bp. J. Wilkins Math. Magick ii. iv. 175 There being not the least contiguity or dependence upon any body.

1671 J. Webster Metallographia iv. 66 The heat is increased by the contiguity of many grains lying one upon another.

1749 D. Hartley Observ. Man ii. ii. 110 It might have been contiguous to other Parts of our great Continent..though that Contiguity be since broken off.

1850 W. R. Grove On Correlation Physical Forces (ed. 2) 24 Communicating expansion to all bodies in contiguity with it.

b. figurative. Of non-physical contact.

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a1652 J. Smith Select Disc. (1660) v. vi. 148 A mere kind of Apposition or Contiguity of our Natures with the Divine.

1654 R. Codrington tr. Justinus Hist. 509 A woman, who by the contiguitie of blood had neer relation to the King.

1841 T. Carlyle On Heroes v. 260 It related, with a wondrous new contiguity and perpetual closeness, the Past and Distant with the Present in time and place.

c. Psychology. Proximity of impressions or ideas in place or time, as a principle of association. Law of Contiguity: the principle that ‘Actions, Sensations, and States of Feeling, occurring together, or in close succession, tend to grow together, or cohere, in such a way that when any of them is afterwards presented to the mind, the others are apt to be brought up in idea’ Bain Mental & Moral Sc. (1868) 85.

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the mind > mental capacity > psychology > psychology of ideas > association of ideas > [noun] > types of association > proximity

contiguity1739

1739 D. Hume Treat. Human Nature I. i. 27 The qualities, from which this association arises, and by which the mind is after this manner convey'd from one idea to another, are three, viz.: Resemblance, Contiguity in time or place, and Cause and Effect.

1785 T. Reid Ess. Intellect. Powers iv. iv According to [Hume's] philosophy..contiguity must include causation.

1829 J. Mill Anal. Human Mind I. 79 Contiguity of two sensations in time means the successive order.

1838 Sir W. Hamilton in Reid's Wks. 294/2 (note) Aristotle's reduction is to the four following heads:—Proximity in time—Contiguity in place—Resemblance—Contrast.

1868 A. Bain Mental & Moral Sci. 85 The principle of Contiguity has been described under various names, as Hamilton's law of ‘Redintegration’; the ‘Association of Ideas’, including Order in Time, Order in Place, Cause and Effect.

†2. concrete. A thing in contact; a contiguous thing, point, surface, etc. Obsolete.

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the world > space > distance > nearness > [noun] > contiguity > that which

contiguity1646

attingent1657

1646 Sir T. Browne Pseudodoxia Epidemica ii. i. 53 It [crystall] hath not its determination from circumscription or as conforming unto contiguities .

1664 H. Power Exper. Philos. ii. 93 Particles of Air that lurk 'twixt the Contiguities of the Glass and Quicksilver.

1664 H. Power Exper. Philos. ii. 132 Creeping up 'twixt the Contiguity of the Glass and Quicksilver.

3. quasi-concrete. A continuous mass, whereof all the parts are in uninterrupted contact.

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the world > space > extension in space > [noun] > spreading out > an expanse of something

spacea1382

widenessa1382

continuance1398

field1547

sheet1593

universe1598

main1609

reach1610

expansion1611

extent1627

champaign1656

fetch1662

mass1662

expanse1667

spread1712

run1719

width1733

acre1759

sweep1767

contiguity1785

extension1786

stretch1829

breadths1839

outspread1847

outstretch1858

1785 W. Cowper Task ii. 2 Some boundless contiguity of shade.

1858 N. Hawthorne Fr. & Ital. Jrnls. II. 47 The general picture was a contiguity of red, earthen roofs.

a1864 N. Hawthorne Amer. Note-bks. (1879) II. 46 Among the contiguity of trees.

4. loosely. Close proximity, without actual contact.

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the world > space > distance > nearness > [noun] > adjacency

confinity1544

adjacence1605

apposition1606

adjacency1640

contiguity1796

co-adjacency1842

co-adjacence1850

1656 T. Blount Glossographia Contiguity, nearness, the close being of two together.]

1796 J. Morse Amer. Universal Geogr. (new ed.) I. 690 Its contiguity to the West India islands gives the merchants superior advantages.

1821 tr. C. Rollin Anc. Hist. (ed. 14) I. ii. 158 Called the Faro or strait of Messina, from its contiguity to that city.

1828 W. Scott Fair Maid of Perth ii, in Chron. Canongate 2nd Ser. II. 64 There were two which stood in such close contiguity, that they seemed to have been portions of the same rock, which..now exhibited a chasm of about four feet.

1874 C. Lyell Elem. Geol. xvi. 248 The contiguity of land may be inferred..from these vegetable productions.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	contiguity
释义	contiguityn. /kɒntɪˈɡjuːɪti/ Etymology: < Latin contiguitās, or French contiguité (17th cent. in Littré), < Latin contiguus , French contigu : see contigue adj. and -ity suffix. 1. a. The condition of touching or being in contact. ΘΚΠ the world > space > distance > nearness > [noun] > contiguity toucha1398 contingence1561 concourse1570 admotion1603 collaterage1610 contact1626 contaction1628 contiguousness1639 contingencya1646 contiguity1648 concurrence1656 osculation1669 abuttal1797 tangency1813 touching1842 1648 Bp. J. Wilkins Math. Magick ii. iv. 175 There being not the least contiguity or dependence upon any body. 1671 J. Webster Metallographia iv. 66 The heat is increased by the contiguity of many grains lying one upon another. 1749 D. Hartley Observ. Man ii. ii. 110 It might have been contiguous to other Parts of our great Continent..though that Contiguity be since broken off. 1850 W. R. Grove On Correlation Physical Forces (ed. 2) 24 Communicating expansion to all bodies in contiguity with it. b. figurative. Of non-physical contact. ΚΠ a1652 J. Smith Select Disc. (1660) v. vi. 148 A mere kind of Apposition or Contiguity of our Natures with the Divine. 1654 R. Codrington tr. Justinus Hist. 509 A woman, who by the contiguitie of blood had neer relation to the King. 1841 T. Carlyle On Heroes v. 260 It related, with a wondrous new contiguity and perpetual closeness, the Past and Distant with the Present in time and place. c. Psychology. Proximity of impressions or ideas in place or time, as a principle of association. Law of Contiguity: the principle that ‘Actions, Sensations, and States of Feeling, occurring together, or in close succession, tend to grow together, or cohere, in such a way that when any of them is afterwards presented to the mind, the others are apt to be brought up in idea’ Bain Mental & Moral Sc. (1868) 85. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > psychology > psychology of ideas > association of ideas > [noun] > types of association > proximity contiguity1739 1739 D. Hume Treat. Human Nature I. i. 27 The qualities, from which this association arises, and by which the mind is after this manner convey'd from one idea to another, are three, viz.: Resemblance, Contiguity in time or place, and Cause and Effect. 1785 T. Reid Ess. Intellect. Powers iv. iv According to [Hume's] philosophy..contiguity must include causation. 1829 J. Mill Anal. Human Mind I. 79 Contiguity of two sensations in time means the successive order. 1838 Sir W. Hamilton in Reid's Wks. 294/2 (note) Aristotle's reduction is to the four following heads:—Proximity in time—Contiguity in place—Resemblance—Contrast. 1868 A. Bain Mental & Moral Sci. 85 The principle of Contiguity has been described under various names, as Hamilton's law of ‘Redintegration’; the ‘Association of Ideas’, including Order in Time, Order in Place, Cause and Effect. †2. concrete. A thing in contact; a contiguous thing, point, surface, etc. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > space > distance > nearness > [noun] > contiguity > that which contiguity1646 attingent1657 1646 Sir T. Browne Pseudodoxia Epidemica ii. i. 53 It [crystall] hath not its determination from circumscription or as conforming unto contiguities . View more context for this quotation 1664 H. Power Exper. Philos. ii. 93 Particles of Air that lurk 'twixt the Contiguities of the Glass and Quicksilver. 1664 H. Power Exper. Philos. ii. 132 Creeping up 'twixt the Contiguity of the Glass and Quicksilver. 3. quasi-concrete. A continuous mass, whereof all the parts are in uninterrupted contact. ΘΚΠ the world > space > extension in space > [noun] > spreading out > an expanse of something spacea1382 widenessa1382 continuance1398 field1547 sheet1593 universe1598 main1609 reach1610 expansion1611 extent1627 champaign1656 fetch1662 mass1662 expanse1667 spread1712 run1719 width1733 acre1759 sweep1767 contiguity1785 extension1786 stretch1829 breadths1839 outspread1847 outstretch1858 1785 W. Cowper Task ii. 2 Some boundless contiguity of shade. 1858 N. Hawthorne Fr. & Ital. Jrnls. II. 47 The general picture was a contiguity of red, earthen roofs. a1864 N. Hawthorne Amer. Note-bks. (1879) II. 46 Among the contiguity of trees. 4. loosely. Close proximity, without actual contact. ΘΚΠ the world > space > distance > nearness > [noun] > adjacency confinity1544 adjacence1605 apposition1606 adjacency1640 contiguity1796 co-adjacency1842 co-adjacence1850 1656 T. Blount Glossographia Contiguity, nearness, the close being of two together.] 1796 J. Morse Amer. Universal Geogr. (new ed.) I. 690 Its contiguity to the West India islands gives the merchants superior advantages. 1821 tr. C. Rollin Anc. Hist. (ed. 14) I. ii. 158 Called the Faro or strait of Messina, from its contiguity to that city. 1828 W. Scott Fair Maid of Perth ii, in Chron. Canongate 2nd Ser. II. 64 There were two which stood in such close contiguity, that they seemed to have been portions of the same rock, which..now exhibited a chasm of about four feet. 1874 C. Lyell Elem. Geol. xvi. 248 The contiguity of land may be inferred..from these vegetable productions. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1646
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