contiguity

Sharing a boundary

Contiguity is the state of being contiguous—touching or immediately adjacent.

Two properties share contiguity when they border each other directly.

In psychology, contiguity refers to the principle that ideas or experiences occurring close together in time or space become mentally associated: The contiguity of the bell and the food caused the dog to salivate at the sound alone.

spatial

proximity

Nearness in space

nearnessState of being close
closenessState of proximity
vicinityNearby surrounding area

neighborhood · propinquity · immediacy · locality · environs · surroundings · accessibility · approach · convergence

adjacency

adjacent

Directly next to

adjoiningSharing a border
abuttingSharing a common border
borderingSharing an edge with

neighboring · flanking · touching · juxtaposition · tangency · coterminous · conterminous · beside · alongside · next

sequence

continuity

Uninterrupted progression or coherence

successionFollowing in order
consecutivenessUnbroken sequential order
progressionSequential forward movement

concatenation · series · chain · linkage · flow · unbroken · uninterrupted · consecutive · sequential · connected

boundary

border

Outer edge or limit

frontierEdge of settlement
edgeBoundary or sharpness
perimeterShape's outer edge length

demarcation · limit · margin · threshold · verge · brink · rim · confines · partition · divider

contiguity

proximity

adjacent

continuity

border

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