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 quality of that which is contiguous.

The spatial property resulting from a relatively small distance; SYN. closeness.

Closeness; nearness.

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.

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.