conterminal

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con⋅ter⋅mi⋅nous

[kuh

n-tur-muh-nuh

–adjective

1.	having a common boundary; bordering; contiguous.

2.	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.

3.	coterminous.

Also, con⋅ter⋅mi⋅nal, coterminal.

Origin:
1625–35; < L conterminus having a common border with, equiv. to con- con- + terminus terminus; see -ous

Related forms:

con⋅ter⋅mi⋅nal⋅ly, con⋅ter⋅mi⋅nous⋅ly, adverb

con⋅ter⋅mi⋅nal⋅i⋅ty, con⋅ter⋅mi⋅nous⋅ness, noun

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