contiguity

n. 接触, 邻近 [医] 接触

发音

UK /ˌkɒn.tɪˈɡjuː.ɪ.ti/
其它 /ˌkɑn.təˈɡju.ə.ti/
US /ˌkɑn.tɪˈɡju.ɪ.ti/

词形变化

contiguities 复数 contiguities

释义与例句

n.
  1. 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.

    可数 不可数

    In the mechanical conception of ‘cause’ it is…demanded that there should be spatial and temporal contiguity between the movements involved.

词汇关系

名词

同义词 2

adjacency contiguousness

上位词 2

closeness nearness

词源

From French contiguïté, from Late Latin contiguitās, from Latin contiguus (“bordering upon”), from contingō (“to touch or border upon”).

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