English

Noun

contiguity ‎(plural contiguities)

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, R.S. Peters, The Concept of Motivation, Routledge & Kegan Paul (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)^[1]

Translations

References

• “contiguity” in An American Dictionary of the English Language, by Noah Webster, 1828.
• contiguity in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
• “contiguity” in Dictionary.com Unabridged, v1.0.1, Lexico Publishing Group, 2006.
• Notes:

1. ↑ Medical Physiology, Boron & Boulpaep, ISBN 1-4160-2328-3, Elsevier Saunders 2005. Updated edition. page 295.