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conterminous

/kuhn-tur-muh-nuhs/US // kənˈtɜr mə nəs //UK // (kənˈtɜːmɪnəs) //

沿岸,沿海地区,沿海,沿途

Related Words

coincident巧合,巧合的,巧合的是,重合的commensurate相称的,相应的,相称,同量级的equal相当于,同样的,相等,相等的like喜欢,像,如,喜爱coextensive共通的,共存的,共存,共通性的coterminous相邻的,同期,相邻,相容的adjacent邻近的,毗邻的,相邻的,毗连的bordering毗邻的,毗邻,毗邻而居,邻近的contiguous毗连的,毗连,连片的,连片proximal近端,近似,近似的,近距离

Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : having a common boundary; bordering; contiguous.
    • : meeting at the ends; without an intervening gap: In our calendar system, the close of one year is conterminous with the beginning of the next.
    • : coterminous.

Synonyms & Antonyms

adj.contained within the same limits
Synonyms
coextensive共通的,共存的,共存,共通性的coincident巧合,巧合的,巧合的是,重合的commensurate相称的,相应的,相称,同量级的coterminous相邻的,同期,相邻,相容的equal相当于,同样的,相等,相等的like喜欢,像,如,喜爱
adj.having a common boundary
Synonyms
adjacent邻近的,毗邻的,相邻的,毗连的bordering毗邻的,毗邻,毗邻而居,邻近的contiguous毗连的,毗连,连片的,连片proximal近端,近似,近似的,近距离

Examples

  • When we remember that the dialects with which it was conterminous are lost, this is not remarkable.

  • In certain commodities the market is conterminous with the trade, that is, we have a world-market.

  • Hitherto the term Church had been “ideally conterminous” with the Jewish Church.

  • By this act the boundaries of the city were made conterminous for parliamentary, municipal and school board purposes.

  • Tribes with conterminous territories usually know what phratries and classes are equivalent in their systems.

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