contiguity
Pronunciation
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Pronunciation
- IPA: /kɒntɪˈɡjuːɪti/
contiguity
- A state in which two or more physical objects are physically touching one another or in which sections of a plane border on one another.
- 1958–1960, R.S. Peters, The Concept of Motivation, Routledge & Kegan Paul (second edition), chapter i: “Types of Explanation in Psychological Theories”, page 12:
- In the mechanical conception of ‘cause’ it is…demanded that there should be spatial and temporal contiguity between the movements involved.
- 1958–1960, R.S. Peters, The Concept of Motivation, Routledge & Kegan Paul (second edition), chapter i: “Types of Explanation in Psychological Theories”, page 12:
- (state in which objects are physically touching) synapse (of neurons)
- French: contiguïté
- Italian: contiguità
- Portuguese: contiguidade
- Spanish: contigüidad
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