English
Alternative spellings
conterminous
Adjective
en-adj-notcomp
- (of property leases) linked or related and expiring together
- (of geographical regions or properties) having matching boundaries; or, adjoining and sharing a boundary
#:New York City's borough of Brooklyn and New York State's 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.
- having the same scope, range of meaning, or extent in time
- meeting end to end or at the ends
Related terms
coextensive
ru:coterminous
vi:coterminous
zh:coterminous
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