conterminous

/kɔn'tə:minəs/ Cách viết khác : (coterminous) /kɔn'tə:minəs/

Thân thiện

The 48 conterminous states are shaded in green on the map.

Definition

1. Adjective:
   • Having the same boundaries or extent; coextensive in space, time, or meaning: Describing things that share identical limits or scope.
   • Sharing a common boundary; adjacent; touching: Describing areas or objects that are next to each other and meet at a border.
   • Connected without a break; contiguous: Describing a continuous, unbroken expanse.

Usage Examples

• Adjective:
  • The district is conterminous with the old county boundaries. (The district has exactly the same borders as the old county.)
  • Canada is conterminous with the United States along its southern border. (Canada shares a long, touching border with the US.)
  • The study's timeframe was conterminous with the patient's treatment period. (The study lasted for the exact same duration as the treatment.)

Advanced Usage

• "conterminous with": This is the most common prepositional phrase used with this adjective to indicate what something shares a boundary or extent with.
  • The national park is conterminous with the mountain range.
• In legal or geographical contexts, it often describes precise jurisdictional or territorial limits.
  • The city's jurisdiction is conterminous with the school district's.

Variants and Related Words

• Coterminous (adj): An alternative spelling with identical meaning.
  • The two terms are coterminous.
• Contiguous (adj): Sharing a common border; touching. (Often used interchangeably with for physical adjacency, but more strongly implies identical boundaries).
• Adjacent (adj): Next to or adjoining something else.
• Coextensive (adj): Extending over the same space, time, or scope.

Synonyms

• Adjacent
• Adjoining
• Bordering
• Neighboring
• Coextensive
• Contiguous

Related Phrases

• Conterminous states/provinces/etc.: A formal phrase used to describe political units that share a boundary.
  • The conterminous United States refers to the 48 adjoining states and Washington, D.C.

Notes on Meaning

• The word emphasizes precision in shared limits. While "adjacent" things are simply next to each other, conterminous things have boundaries that align exactly.
• It can apply to abstract concepts like time, scope, or meaning, not just physical space.
  • His authority was conterminous with his responsibilities. (His authority was limited to and exactly covered his responsibilities.)

Học thuật

Adjective

1. being of equal extent or scope or duration
2. having a common boundary or edge; abutting; touching; Massachusetts and Conncecticut"
   • Rhode Island has two bordering states
   • the side of Germany conterminous with France
   • Utah and the contiguous state of Idaho
   • neighboring cities
3. connecting without a break; within a common boundary
   • the 48 conterminous states
   • the contiguous 48 states

Từ đồng nghĩa

• coextensive
• coterminous
• adjacent
• contiguous
• neighboring