contiguous

adj 1: very close or connected in space or time; "contiguous

events"; "immediate contact"; "the immediate

vicinity"; "the immediate past" [syn: {immediate}]

2: connecting without a break; within a common boundary; "the

48 conterminous states"; "the contiguous 48 states" [syn:

{conterminous}]

3: having a common boundary or edge; touching; "abutting lots";

"adjoining rooms"; "Rhode Island has two bordering states;

Massachusetts and Conncecticut"; "the side of Germany

conterminous with France"; "Utah and the contiguous state

of Idaho" [syn: {abutting}, {adjacent}, {adjoining}, {bordering(a)},

{conterminous}]