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单词 contiguity
释义
contiguouscon‧tig‧u‧ous /kənˈtɪɡjuəs/ adjective formal Word Origin
WORD ORIGINcontiguous
Origin:
1500-1600 Latin contiguus, from contingere; CONTINGENT1
Examples
EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS
  • Cattle are contiguous only for want of similarity, racehorses similar only for want of contiguity.
  • The dorsal arm plates are fan shaped to rounded triangular and contiguous proximally.
  • The dorsal arm plates are slightly bell shaped or fan shaped, they approach but are not quite contiguous.
  • The dorsal arm plates are triangular to fan shaped; the first 2-3 dorsal arm plates may be contiguous.
  • The dorsal arm plates are wider than long, rectangular and contiguous.
  • The ventral arm plates are not contiguous.
  • The ventral arm plates are pentagonal with a wide distal edge, and contiguous on proximal arm segments.
  • The ventral arm plates are pentagonal with the distal edge rounded and contiguous at least proximally.
next to something, or next to each other:  America’s 48 contiguous statescontiguously adverbcontiguity /ˌkɒntəˈɡjuːəti $ ˌkɑːn-/ noun [uncountable]
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