contiguous

Touching without gaps

Contiguous means sharing a boundary or touching along a continuous edge.

The contiguous United States excludes Alaska and Hawaii—the lower forty-eight states form an unbroken mass.

Their properties are contiguous.

In technical contexts, contiguous memory or data occupies adjacent positions without gaps.

spatial

adjacent

Directly next to

adjoiningSharing a border
abuttingSharing a common border
neighboringSituated beside another

bordering · side-by-side · touching · proximate · juxtaposed · coterminous · flanking · tangent · next · nearby

sequential

consecutive

Following in unbroken sequence

successiveFollowing without interruption
uninterruptedContinuing without a stop
sequentialOccurring in succession

serial · unbroken · back-to-back · following · succeeding · running · straight · end-to-end · linear · concatenated

connected

linked

Fastened to another

integratedCombined into a whole
cohesiveTending to bond
unifiedCombined into one

interlocking · joined · fused · merged · attached · coupled · interconnected · seamless · whole · intact

boundaries

border

Outer edge or limit

edgeBoundary or sharpness
perimeterShape's outer edge length
boundaryLine marking a limit

frontier · margin · periphery · verge · limit · demarcation · interface · contour · outline · confines

Categories

nearnessnear, nearby, close, adjacent, next to
proximitynear, close, nearby, nearness, proximity
close tonear, nearby, adjacent, next to, beside
neighborsnext door, adjacent, adjoining, nearby, upstairs
adjacencyneighbor, border, touching, beside, abutting
location wordshere, there, where, north, south

Opposites

spatial adjacency

contiguousnoncontiguous

Not physically adjacent

nonadjacent · separated · distant · detached · remote

continuity/connection

contiguousdiscontiguous

Not sharing a boundary

discontinuous · discrete · separate · fragmented · divided

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