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coterminal

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con⋅ter⋅mi⋅nous

  [kuhn-tur-muh-nuhs]
Use coterminal in a Sentence
–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

co⋅ter⋅mi⋅nous

  [koh-tur-muh-nuhs]
–adjective
1. having the same border or covering the same area.
2. being the same in extent; coextensive in range or scope.
Also, co⋅ter⋅mi⋅nal [koh-tur-muh-nl] .

Origin:
1790–1800; re-formation of conterminus; see co-

Related forms:
co⋅ter⋅mi⋅nous⋅ly, adverb
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