coterminous

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co·ter·mi·nous /kəʊˈtɜːmɪnəs $ koʊˈtɜːr-/ adjective technical  1. formal having the same pattern or features 〔图案或特征〕相同的2. SGcoterminous countries share the same border 〔国家〕有共同边界的，毗邻的，接壤的

Examples from the Corpus

coterminous• With us privacy and kinship are felt to be roughly coterminous.• Coherent planning and coordination of health and social care would be facilitated by coterminous boundaries between the two authorities.• Keeping the principle of coterminous boundaries meant 90 health authorities, varying widely in population size.

co·ter·mi·nous adjectiveChineseSyllable  

Corpus features having pattern same or the

coterminous
co‧ter‧mi‧nous /kəʊˈtɜːmənəs, kəʊˈtɜːmɪnəs $ koʊˈtɜːr-/ adjective technical
1. formal having the same pattern or features
2. coterminous countries share the same border

co·ter·min·ousBrE /kəʊˈtɜːmɪnəs/ 🔊NAmE /koʊˈtɜːrmɪnəs/ 🔊 adjective [not usually before noun] (formal) ~ (with sth) (of countries or areas 国家或地区) sharing a border 享有共同边界；毗连；接壤~ (with sth) (of things or ideas 事物或看法) having so much in common that they are almost the same as each other 几乎一致；差不多相同