www.ask.com looks like a very interesting site. I put an icon on my desktop so I can refer to it. Thanks, Maureen ----- Original Message ----- From: <Eltiemblo@aol.com> To: <gen-nys@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, November 24, 2006 3:56 PM Subject: Re: [GEN-NYS] Tomorrow is the 223rd Anniversary of Evacuation Day > In a message dated 11/24/2006 3:15:52 PM Eastern Standard Time, > Rdpiet@aol.com writes: > Then there is also the word Contiguous....what did I miss ?? > > > Definitions of 'contiguous' (kən-tĭgyū-əs) - 3 definitions - The American > Heritage® Dictionary > > contiguous(adj.)Sharing an edge or boundary; touching. > contiguous(adj.)Neighboring; adjacent. > contiguous(adj.)Connecting without a break: the 48 contiguous states. > > > While both expressions are similar, maybe even synonymous in some cases, > I > take it that conterminous (or coterminous) might mean more that they share > the > same border (on the same side of the border) as to contiguous where they > may > share a neighboring border , like being on the otherside of the border > from > each other. > > I've been a word lover since childhood and don't find many new words at my > age (79) but this was a first to me! I get on www.ask.com and hit the > selection > "dictionary" to check on these things! > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > GEN-NYS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message