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contiguousness

/kuhn-tig-yoo-uhs/US // kənˈtɪg yu əs //UK // (kənˈtɪɡjʊəs) //

毗连性,连贯性,毗连,毗邻性

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Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : touching; in contact.
    • : in close proximity without actually touching; near.
    • : adjacent in time: contiguous events.

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Examples

  • Specifically, it cut requirements that members be elected in single districts and that those districts be contiguous and compact, serving relatively equal-sized populations.

  • Early estimates indicate that most of the contiguous United States will see highs running 10 to 15 degrees above average.

  • You have a patchwork idea of what the country is, as opposed to a contiguous changing of the map.

  • The commission is tasked with drawing City Council districts that are made of contiguous territory, made equal in population based on Census reports and as geographically compact as possible.

  • The average temperatures for 30-year “normal” periods for the contiguous United States show the country getting hotter since 1901.

  • Since the U.S. Constitution mandates that states be contiguous, Moffat County would just sign up with Wyoming.

  • The Award is limited to Delta Airlines destinations within the 48 contiguous US states and Canada.

  • Even the accepted US formula for two states: “a secure Israel alongside a viable, contiguous Palestine” is humiliating.

  • There are only 22 million people in an area about the size of the contiguous 48 States of the United States.

  • There are only 22 million people in Australia—an area about the size of the contiguous 48 States of the United States.

  • In these whirlings great differences in atmospheric pressure are brought about in contiguous areas of sea.

  • Such a kingdom, had it been contiguous to Provence, would indeed have been a most formidable addition to the French monarchy.

  • The high altar is very choice and beautiful; and the contiguous decorations are profuse and exquisite.

  • As the regiments landed, the brigades were formed in contiguous columns at quarter distance.

  • This is Carver's version, who, however, confounds it with another contiguous island.