contiguity Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun the attribute of being so near as to be touching
    adjacency; contiguousness.

WordNet

Con`ti*gu"i*ty noun
Etymology
Cf. F. contiguit, LL. contiguitas.
Definitions
  1. The state of being contiguous; intimate association; nearness; proximity.
    The convicinity and contiguity of the two parishes. T. Warton.

Webster 1913