The attribute of being so near as to be touching; SYN. contiguity, contiguousness.
1. A feeling of being intimate and belonging together; SYN. intimacy.
2. Characterized by a lack of openness, esp. about one's actions or purposes; SYN. secretiveness.
The spatial property resulting from a relatively small distance; SYN. closeness.
ETYM Latin proximitas: cf. French proximité See Proximate, Propinquity, Approach.
1. The property of being close together; SYN. propinquity.
2. The region close around a person or thing.
Neighbourhood; residents in a neighbourhood.
ETYM Latin vicinitas, from vicinus neighboring, near, from vicus a row of houses, a village; akin to Greek oikos a house, Skr. vęça a house, viç to enter, Goth. weihs town: cf. Old Fren. vicinité. Related to Diocese, Economy, Parish, Vicinage, Wick a village.
A surrounding or nearby region; SYN. locality, neighborhood, neighbourhood.
l. Nbfl. des Rheins, 116 km; entspringt im Hunsrück, mündet bei Bingen; Weinbau.
ETYM Latin contiguus; akin to contigere to touch on all sides. Related to Contingent.
Very close or connected in space or time; SYN. immediate.
Adjacent; touching.
Having a shared boundary; being immediately adjacent. For example, contiguous sectors on a disk are data-storage segments physically located next to one another.