Random Word Post – conterminous
@oneoveralpha (434)
Brookville, Pennsylvania
May 1, 2016 10:06am CST
I find a random word by flipping through my 2003 The New Webster’s Concise Dictionary and write a quick – often silly – little post about it.
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“conterminous – 1 Having a common boundary line. 2 Having the same boundaries.”
Isn’t the idea of a boundary line being that it’s common? I mean, isn’t the US/Canada boundary/border the same, regardless of which direction you’re going?
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@rina110383 (24492)
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1 May 16
With due respect, I want to clarify something.
Is it conterminous or coterminous? Coterminous also has the same definition as above. I think they could be used interchangeably because they mean the same thing.
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@oneoveralpha (434)
• Brookville, Pennsylvania
1 May 16
I just looked up coterminous in my dictionary and the definition it had was conterminous. So I guess they are the same.
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@rina110383 (24492)
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1 May 16
@oneoveralpha Thank you for looking it up. Here in the Philippines, we often use coterminous. Hence, I thought of clarifying it with a native speaker like you. At least, I learned one word today and that is conterminous.
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