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coterminous

adj
/kəˈtəː.mɪ.nəs/UK/kəˈtɝ.mɪ.nəs/US

Etymology

From Latin conterminus, from con- (“with”) + terminus (“border, end”), equivalent to co- + terminous. The spelling with co- instead of con- is probably influenced by the related prefix co-.

  1. derived from conterminus

Definitions

  1. Meeting end to end or at the ends.

  2. Having matching boundaries

    Having matching boundaries; or, adjoining and sharing a boundary.

    • New York's borough of Brooklyn and Kings County are coterminous.
    • To get a building warrant he had to show the plans to "coterminous proprietors", neighbours with whom his property shared a boundary.
    • It has been the close vicinity of slave-owners to each other, the fact that their lands have been coterminous, that theirs was especially a cotton district, which has tempted them to secession.

  3. Having the same scope, range of meaning, or extent in time.

    • From this it follows at once that language and thought are not strictly coterminous.
    • The elision of moral and moralising arguments is common, but the two aren't coterminous.
  4. ›+ 1 more definition

    1. Said of linked or related property leases that expire together.

The neighborhood

Derived

coterminously

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA