Contiguous
adjective
Things are called contiguous if they are next to each other or touch each other.
Alaska is not contiguous with the other 48 states in the USA.
Often appears as...
- contiguous states
- contiguous territory
adjective
In computing, it means that the information is stored in a series of adjoining memory locations.
A contiguous file is a file in which all of the data is stored in a single block of disk space.
Often appears as...
- contiguous memory
- contiguous blocks
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Technical
adjective
Things are called contiguous if they are next to each other or touch each other.
Alaska is not contiguous with the other 48 states in the USA.
Often appears as...
- contiguous states
- contiguous territory
adjective
In computing, it means that the information is stored in a series of adjoining memory locations.
A contiguous file is a file in which all of the data is stored in a single block of disk space.
Often appears as...
- contiguous memory
- contiguous blocks
Usage tips
Technical
Definition 1 of 2
Pro Tip 1/3Geographical Use
Commonly used for areas of land that are touching or share a border.
The contiguous United States exclude Hawaii and Alaska.
Pro Tip 2/3Physical Touch
Implies actual physical contact, not just proximity.
The playground is contiguous with the school building.
Pro Tip 3/3Shared Properties
May suggest shared characteristics or seamless connection between adjacent objects.
The contiguous forest zones have similar ecosystems.
Pro Tip 1/3Geographical Use
Commonly used for areas of land that are touching or share a border.
The contiguous United States exclude Hawaii and Alaska.
Pro Tip 2/3Physical Touch
Implies actual physical contact, not just proximity.
The playground is contiguous with the school building.
Pro Tip 3/3Shared Properties
May suggest shared characteristics or seamless connection between adjacent objects.
The contiguous forest zones have similar ecosystems.
Pro Tip 1/3Geographical Use
Commonly used for areas of land that are touching or share a border.
The contiguous United States exclude Hawaii and Alaska.
Pro Tip 2/3Physical Touch
Implies actual physical contact, not just proximity.
The playground is contiguous with the school building.
Pro Tip 3/3Shared Properties
May suggest shared characteristics or seamless connection between adjacent objects.
The contiguous forest zones have similar ecosystems.
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We can reprogram life....
It doesn't have to be contiguous, doesn't have to all be tied together. It should be part in the oceans, part on land. But we should not run every evolutionary decision on this planet. We want to have our evolutionary system running. We want to have Darwin's evolutionary system running. And it's just really important to have these two things running in parallel
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TIL: You Might Be...
and the moment that he decided he was gonna fight back global history changed where that was the very first fight that he ever had and he got her back and within a single lifetime we created the largest contiguous empire in human history from nothing and was all a love story
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The race to sequence the...
without knowing the actual sequence. Using the overlapping bits as a guide, the researchers marked each fragment's place in the genome to create a contiguous map, a process that took about six years. The cloned fragments were sequenced in labs around the world
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The data behind...
and simply added five female speaking characters on-screen to each of those films, it would create a new norm. If we were to do this for three contiguous years, we would be at gender parity for the first time in over a half of a century.
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Tim Cope: On the Trail...
eventually became known and still is known as the largest contiguous land empire that's ever been one day when I was walking the dogs with my mother in rural Victoria where I grew up I turned to her and I said mum I'd like to ride a
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Pluto 101 PIPE National...
Pluto is only half as wide as the contiguous United States and about two thirds the size of Earth's moon. Making it easily dwarfed by the solar system's eight true planets. This tiny world takes 248 earth years to orbit the Sun
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What’s so great about...
and contain 23 quadrillion liters of water. That's enough to cover the land area of the contiguous United States three meters deep. These vast bodies of water span forest, grassland, and wetland habitats,
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From Farm to Table PIPE Nat...
up there in South Dakota is about as traditional a big farmers you're going to find he grows 50,000 acres of wheat 50,000 acres in one contiguous field of wheat up there in South Dakota in 2011
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The rise and fall of the...
It was the largest contiguous land empire in history— stretching from Korea to Ukraine and from Siberia to southern China,
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Tracking the Gray Wolf...
This is the most remote area in the contiguous United States. The world's first national park-- Yellowstone.
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We can reprogram life....
It doesn't have to be contiguous, doesn't have to all be tied together. It should be part in the oceans, part on land. But we should not run every evolutionary decision on this planet. We want to have our evolutionary system running. We want to have Darwin's evolutionary system running. And it's just really important to have these two things running in parallel
Video examples
TIL: You Might Be...
and the moment that he decided he was gonna fight back global history changed where that was the very first fight that he ever had and he got her back and within a single lifetime we created the largest contiguous empire in human history from nothing and was all a love story
Video examples
The race to sequence the...
without knowing the actual sequence. Using the overlapping bits as a guide, the researchers marked each fragment's place in the genome to create a contiguous map, a process that took about six years. The cloned fragments were sequenced in labs around the world
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The data behind...
and simply added five female speaking characters on-screen to each of those films, it would create a new norm. If we were to do this for three contiguous years, we would be at gender parity for the first time in over a half of a century.
Video examples
Tim Cope: On the Trail...
eventually became known and still is known as the largest contiguous land empire that's ever been one day when I was walking the dogs with my mother in rural Victoria where I grew up I turned to her and I said mum I'd like to ride a
Video examples
Pluto 101 PIPE National...
Pluto is only half as wide as the contiguous United States and about two thirds the size of Earth's moon. Making it easily dwarfed by the solar system's eight true planets. This tiny world takes 248 earth years to orbit the Sun
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What’s so great about...
and contain 23 quadrillion liters of water. That's enough to cover the land area of the contiguous United States three meters deep. These vast bodies of water span forest, grassland, and wetland habitats,
Video examples
From Farm to Table PIPE Nat...
up there in South Dakota is about as traditional a big farmers you're going to find he grows 50,000 acres of wheat 50,000 acres in one contiguous field of wheat up there in South Dakota in 2011
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The rise and fall of the...
It was the largest contiguous land empire in history— stretching from Korea to Ukraine and from Siberia to southern China,
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Tracking the Gray Wolf...
This is the most remote area in the contiguous United States. The world's first national park-- Yellowstone.
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Ehud Olmert
Israeli Politician
I want to separate from the Palestinians. I want them to have their independent, separate state on a contiguous territory, and I want Israel to exist, of course, as a Jewish state in its own territory, as an independent state in its own territory. The Palestinian state, the Israeli state, separate. This is my dream.
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Isaac Newton
English Mathematician
That the divided but contiguous particles of bodies may be separated from one another is a matter of observation; and, in the particles that remain undivided, our minds are able to distinguish yet lesser parts, as is mathematically demonstrated.
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Lydia Millet
American Novelist
Historically, grizzlies ranged from Alaska to Mexico, with at least 50,000 bears living in the western half of the contiguous United States. With European colonization, the bears were shot, poisoned, and trapped to the brink of extinction.
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Shiv Nadar
Indian Businessman
When you take the best of universities in the world, all of them have research and education contiguous; the person who teaches you could be a Nobel laureate. Some subjects are at the tri-junction of many subjects put together.
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Denis McDonough
American Public Servant
Nothing would do more to improve Israel's security or its relations with its neighbors than to bring about a sovereign and contiguous Palestinian state alongside a secure, democratic, Jewish Israel.
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Chester A. Arthur
American President
As is natural with contiguous states having like institutions and like aims of advancement and development, the friendship of the United States and Mexico has been constantly maintained.
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Isaac D'Israeli
British Writer
All is extremely genteel; and there is almost as much repose as in the golden saloons of the contiguous palaces. At any rate, if there be as much vice, there is as little crime.
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Richard Rawlings
American Celebrity
Everything I do in business moves toward eliminating brick and mortar. Call us up and anywhere in the contiguous United States, we'll get your vehicle and take care of it.
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Ehud Olmert
Israeli Politician
I want to separate from the Palestinians. I want them to have their independent, separate state on a contiguous territory, and I want Israel to exist, of course, as a Jewish state in its own territory, as an independent state in its own territory. The Palestinian state, the Israeli state, separate. This is my dream.
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Isaac Newton
English Mathematician
That the divided but contiguous particles of bodies may be separated from one another is a matter of observation; and, in the particles that remain undivided, our minds are able to distinguish yet lesser parts, as is mathematically demonstrated.
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Lydia Millet
American Novelist
Historically, grizzlies ranged from Alaska to Mexico, with at least 50,000 bears living in the western half of the contiguous United States. With European colonization, the bears were shot, poisoned, and trapped to the brink of extinction.
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Shiv Nadar
Indian Businessman
When you take the best of universities in the world, all of them have research and education contiguous; the person who teaches you could be a Nobel laureate. Some subjects are at the tri-junction of many subjects put together.
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Denis McDonough
American Public Servant
Nothing would do more to improve Israel's security or its relations with its neighbors than to bring about a sovereign and contiguous Palestinian state alongside a secure, democratic, Jewish Israel.
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Chester A. Arthur
American President
As is natural with contiguous states having like institutions and like aims of advancement and development, the friendship of the United States and Mexico has been constantly maintained.
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Isaac D'Israeli
British Writer
All is extremely genteel; and there is almost as much repose as in the golden saloons of the contiguous palaces. At any rate, if there be as much vice, there is as little crime.
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Richard Rawlings
American Celebrity
Everything I do in business moves toward eliminating brick and mortar. Call us up and anywhere in the contiguous United States, we'll get your vehicle and take care of it.
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