Contiguity

/kɒntɪɡjˈuːɪti/

/kɑːntɪɡjˈuːɪɾi/

[noun]

Contiguity

[NOUN]

the attribute of being so near as to be touching

synonyms : adjacency

contiguousness

Examples

1. You have to balance contiguity, population balance, compactness, all of these different things.

2. So after you did the federal population and the voting rights act and contiguity, you then drew a plan that split the fewest number of county lines and then within those counties, split the fewest numbers city and township lines.