adjective · rare

coterminous

co·ter·mi·nous

смежные

Meeting end to end or at the endsMeeting end to end or at the ends.

UK/kəˈtəː.mɪ.nəs/US/kəˈtɝ.mɪ.nəs/

Meaning

4 senses

(not comparable)Meeting end to end or at the ends.
(not comparable)Having matching boundaries; or, adjoining and sharing a boundary.
New York's borough of Brooklyn and Kings County are coterminous.
To get a building warrant he had to show the plans to "coterminous proprietors", neighbours with whom his property shared a boundary.
смежныеsmežnyje
(broadly, not comparable)Having the same scope, range of meaning, or extent in time.
being of equal extent or scope or duration
(not comparable)Said of linked or related property leases that expire together.

Translations

3 languages

Русский

By meaning 1

adjoining:

Origin

From Latin conterminus, from con- (“with”) + terminus (“border, end”), equivalent to co- +

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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