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单词 attingent
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attingentadj.n.

Etymology: < Latin attingentem, present participle of attingĕre : see attinge v.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: aˈttingent.
A. adj.
Touching, in contact.
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the world > space > distance > nearness > [adjective] > contiguous
contiguate?a1475
contiguec1550
attingent1578
contigual1610
contiguous1611
touching1618
attiguous1676
tangent1833
1578 J. Banister Hist. Man i. f. 36v The sides are attingent to the sides of ye vj. and iiij. bones [of the foot].
1895 N. Story-Maskelyne Crystallogr. ii. §15. 16 To each octant there will correspond three adjacent octants, which have each one axial plane in common with the original octant; three attingent octants, in contact with it only along an axis.
B. n. Obsolete.
That which comes in contact.
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the world > space > distance > nearness > [noun] > contiguity > that which
contiguity1646
attingent1657
1657 R. Tomlinson tr. J. de Renou Medicinal Materials i, in Medicinal Dispensatory sig. Rr2v With hard and acute pricks it punges its attingents.
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