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Word Meanings - CONTERMINOUS - Book Publishers vocabulary database

Having the same bounds, or limits; bordering upon; contiguous. This conformed so many of them as were conterminous to the colonies and garrisons, to the Roman laws. Sir M. Hale.

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  • EQUALIZER
    One who, or that which, equalizes anything.
  • IDENTICAL
    1. The same; the selfsame; the very same; not different; as, the identical person or thing. I can not remember a thing that happened a year ago, without a conviction . . . that I, the same identical person who now remember that event, did then
  • CONTERMINOUS
    Having the same bounds, or limits; bordering upon; contiguous. This conformed so many of them as were conterminous to the colonies and garrisons, to the Roman laws. Sir M. Hale.
  • EQUALIZE
    1. To make equal; to cause to correspond, or be like, in amount or degree as compared; as, to equalize accounts, burdens, or taxes. One poor moment can suffice To equalize the lofty and the low. Wordsworth. No system of instruction will completely
  • EQUALITY
    Exact agreement between two expressions or magnitudes with respect to quantity; -- denoted by the symbol =; thus, a = x signifies that a contains the same number and kind of units of measure that x does. Confessional equality. See under
  • CONVERTIBLE
    1. Capable of being converted; susceptible of change; transmutable; transformable. Minerals are not convertible into another species, though of the same genus. Harvey. 2. Capable of being exchanged or interchanged; reciprocal; interchangeable.
  • EQUIVALENTLY
    In an equal manner.
  • IDENTICALLY
    In an identical manner; with respect to identity. "Identically the same." Bp. Warburton. "Identically different." Ross.
  • SUFFICIENTLY
    To a sufficient degree; to a degree that answers the purpose, or gives content; enough; as, we are sufficiently supplied with food; a man sufficiently qualified for the discharge of his official duties.
  • ADEQUATE
    Equal to some requirement; proportionate, or correspondent; fully sufficient; as, powers adequate to a great work; an adequate definition. Ireland had no adequate champion. De Quincey. Syn. -- Proportionate; commensurate; sufficient; suitable;
  • ADEQUATELY
    In an adequate manner.
  • COEXTENSIVE
    Equally extensive; having as, consciousness and knowledge are coextensive. Sir W. Hamilton. -- Co`ex*ten"sive*ly, adv. -- Co`ex*ten"sive*ness, n.
  • EQUIVALENT
    Equal in measure but not admitting of superposition; -- applied to magnitudes; as, a square may be equivalent to a triangle. (more info) aequivalere to have equal power; aequus equal + valere to be strong, 1. Equal in wortir or value, force, power,
  • COMMENSURATENESS
    The state or quality of being commensurate. Foster.
  • EQUIPOLLENT
    Having equivalent signification and reach; expressing the same thing, but differently. (more info) 1. Having equal power or force; equivalent. Bacon.
  • CONVERTIBLENESS
    The state of being convertible; convertibility.
  • EQUAL
    Intended for voices of one kind only, either all male or all female; -- opposed to mixed. (more info) 1. Agreeing in quantity, size, quality, degree, value, etc.; having the same magnitude, the same value, the same degree, etc.; -- applied
  • COMMENSURATE
    1. To reduce to a common measure. Sir T. Browne. 2. To proportionate; to adjust. T. Puller
  • ADEQUATENESS
    The quality of being adequate; suitableness; sufficiency; adequacy.
  • COMMENSURATELY
    1. In a commensurate manner; so as to be equal or proportionate; adequately. 2. With equal measure or extent. Goodwin.
  • INSUFFICIENTLY
    In an insufficient manner or degree; unadequately.
  • UNEQUALABLE
    Not capable of being equaled or paralleled. Boyle.
  • INEQUALITY
    An expression consisting of two unequal quantities, with the sign of inequality between them; as, the inequality 2 < 3, or 4 > 1. (more info) 1. The quality of being unequal; difference, or want of equality, in any respect; lack of uniformity;
  • RECONVERTIBLE
    Capable of being reconverted; convertible again to the original form or condition.
  • INCONVERTIBLE
    Not convertible; not capable of being transmuted, changed into, or exchanged for, something else; as, one metal is inconvertible into another; bank notes are sometimes inconvertible into specie. Walsh.
  • UNEQUALNESS
    The quality or state of being unequal; inequality; unevenness. Jer. Taylor.
  • SUBEQUAL
    Nearly equal.
  • INCONVERTIBLENESS
    Inconvertibility.
  • INTERCONVERTIBLE
    Convertible the one into the other; as, coin and bank notes are interconvertible.
  • COEQUALITY
    The state of being on an equality, as in rank or power.
  • UNEQUALED
    Not equaled; unmatched; unparalleled; unrivaled; exceeding; surpassing; -- in a good or bad sense; as, unequaled excellence; unequaled ingratitude or baseness.

 

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