Meaning & use
Noncontiguous
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Not sharing a common border or connected boundary; not adjoining or touching.
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Alaska and Hawaii are noncontiguous states, separated from the rest of the United States.
The company owns several noncontiguous plots of land across the county.
A note on using this word
Frequently used in geography, real estate, and computing, for example to describe memory blocks that are not stored next to each other.
Words with a similar meaning
disconnectedseparate
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Words with an opposite meaning
contiguousadjoining
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