Con‐tig″u‐ous (?), a. [L. contiguus; akin to contigere to touch on all sides. See Contingent.] In actual contact; touching; also, adjacent; near; neighboring; adjoining.
The two halves of the paper did not appear fully divided... but seemed contiguous at one of their angles.
Sir I. Newton.
Sees no contiguous palace rear its head.
Goldsmith.
Contiguous angles. See Adjacent angles, under Angle.
Syn. — Adjoining; adjacent. See Adjacent.
— Con‐tig″u‐ous‐ly, adv. — Con‐tig″u‐ous‐ness, n.