coterminous

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US /kəˈtɝ.mɪ.nəs/ UK /kəˈtəː.mɪ.nəs/
adj Freq #433988

Meanings

  1. 1
    adj

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

    New York's borough of Brooklyn and Kings County are coterminous.

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Word family
Derived forms coterminously
Related forms coextensivecontiguous

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-.

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