coterminous

形容词 adj.
中文释义
英 /kəˈtəː.mɪ.nəs/    美 /kəˈtɝ.mɪ.nəs/

英文释义

形容词 adj.
  1. Meeting end to end or at the ends. not-comparable
  2. Having matching boundaries; or, adjoining and sharing a boundary. not-comparable
    — New York's borough of Brooklyn and Kings County are coterminous.
  3. Having the same scope, range of meaning, or extent in time. broadly,not-comparable
    — But it is purely fantastic unless we bear in mind that the governing class has been continually compelled to enlarge itself, and that its tendency is reluctantly to go on doing so until in the end it will be coterminous with the "governed class."
  4. Said of linked or related property leases that expire together. not-comparable

词形变化

conterminous alternative

词汇关系

衍生词
coterminously
相关词
coextensive contiguous

词源

From Latin conterminus, from con- (“with”) + terminus (“border, end”), equivalent to co- + terminous. The spelling with co- instead of con- is probably influenced by the related prefix co-.
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