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contiguosity

contiguosity noun: contiguousness; contiguity.

Noun

contiguosity (countable and uncountable, plural contiguosities)

  1. (rare) contiguousness; contiguity.
    • Skin lesions not infrequently are seen to follow catarrhal conditions by contiguosity.1912, The Chicago Medical Recorder, volume 34, page 460
    • It is a rather variable species, especially concerning the development of the thallus, the contiguosity of the apothecia and the ascospore size and shape.2001 May 28, Mireia Giralt, “The Lichen Genera Rinodina and Rinodinella (lichenized Ascomycetes, Physciaceae) in the Iberian Peninsula”, in Bibliotheca lichenologica, volume 79, page 39

Forms of contiguosity

pluralcontiguosities

Origin of contiguosity

From contiguous + -ity.

Questions about contiguosity

What does contiguosity mean?
Contiguosity means contiguousness; contiguity.
What part of speech is contiguosity?
Contiguosity is a noun.
What is the plural of contiguosity?
The plural of contiguosity is contiguosities.

Words near contiguosity in the dictionary

  1. contiguation
  2. contiguations
  3. contiguities
  4. contiguity
  5. contiguosities
  6. contiguosity
  7. contiguous
  8. contiguous 48
  9. contiguous United States
  10. contiguously
  11. contiguousness

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