conterminal

English

Etymology

From Latin conterminus, from con- (“with”) + terminus (“border, end”) + -al.

Pronunciation

(UK) IPA^(key): /kɒnˈtəː.mɪ.nəl/, /kənˈtəː.mɪ.nəl/
(US) IPA^(key): /kənˈtɝ.mɪ.nəl/

Adjective

conterminal (not comparable)

Conterminous.
- 1831, Thomas Love Peacock, chapter 9, in Crotchet Castle:
  The neighbouring lords, his conterminal bandits.
(entomology) Connected end to end.
- 1866, William Edward Shuckard, British Bees: An Introduction to the Study of the Natural History and Economy of the Bees Indigenous to the British Isles, page 28:
  The latter consists of closely attached conterminal joints.

References

John A. Simpson and Edmund S. C. Weiner, editors (1989), “conterminal”, in The Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN.

Anagrams

centinormal, nonmetrical

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