having a common boundary or edge; abutting; touching; "Rhode Island has two bordering states; Massachusetts and Conncecticut"; "the side of Germany conterminous with France"; "Utah and the contiguous state of Idaho"; "neighboring cities"共通の境界あるいは接線を有するさま隣接する
例:Utah and the contiguous state of Idaho ユタ州と隣接するアイダホ州
very close or connected in space or time; "contiguous events"; "immediate contact"; "the immediate vicinity"; "the immediate past"距離、または時間が非常に近い、または連続したごく近い