Contiguity

Pronunciation

• IPA: /kÉ’ntɪˈgjuːɪti/

Origin

From French contiguïté, from Late Latin contiguitās, from Latin contiguus ("bordering upon"), from contingō ("I touch or border upon").

Full definition of contiguity

Noun

1. A state in which two or more physical objects are physically touching one another or in which sections of a plane border on one another.
• 1958–1960, Richard Stanley Peters, The Concept of Motivation, (second edition), chapter i: “Types of Explanation in Psychological Theories”, page 12:In the mechanical conception of ‘cause’ it is…demanded that there should be spatial and temporal contiguity between the movements involved.

Synonyms

• (state in which objects are physically touching) synapse of neurons Medical Physiology, Boron & Boulpaep, ISBN 1-4160-2328-3, Elsevier Saunders 2005. Updated edition. page 295.