Conterminous Definition

kən-tûrmə-nəs
adjective
Having a common boundary; contiguous.
Webster's New World
Contained within the same boundaries or limits.
The conterminous U.S. includes all the states but Alaska and Hawaii.
Webster's New World

Having the same scope, range of meaning, or extent in time.

Wiktionary

Meeting end-to-end or at the ends.

Wiktionary
(law) Said of linked or related property leases that expire together.
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Origin of Conterminous

  • From Latin conterminus, from con- (“with”) + terminus (“border, end”)

    From Wiktionary

  • From Latin conterminus com- com- terminus boundary

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Conterminous Sentence Examples

  • In all the Wisdom books virtue is conceived of as conterminous with knowledge.

  • Asiatic Turkey is conterminous on the east with Russia and Persia; in the southwest it encloses on the west, north and north-east the independent part of Arabia.

  • As the outlet of the Tocantins is so near to that of the Amazon, and their lower valleys are conterminous, it is convenient to treat them as parts of the same hydrographic basin.

  • In May 1895, on the urgent representations of Sir Henry Loch, the British government annexed Tongaland, including Kosi Bay, thus making the British and Portuguese boundaries conterminous on the coast of south-east Africa.

  • As applied by Linnaeus, the name Cactus is almost conterminous with what is now regarded as the natural order Cactaceae, which embraces several modern genera.

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Words Starting With

CCOCON

Words Ending With

SUSOUS

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Words Starting With C and Ending With S

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12 Letter Words12 Letter Words Starting With C12 Letter Words Ending With S