contiguity
21contiguity — n 1. adjacency, adjacence, juxtaposition, contiguousness, Obs. attingency or attingence, Obs. attiguousness; nearness, closeness, proximity, proximateness, proximation, approximation, propinquity, vicinage. 2. contact, abuttal, abutment; union,… …
22contiguity — con·ti·gu·i·ty …
23contiguity — con•ti•gu•i•ty [[t]ˌkɒn tɪˈgyu ɪ ti[/t]] n. pl. ties the state of being contiguous; contact or proximity • Etymology: 1635–45; < LL …
24contiguity — /kɒntəˈgjuəti/ (say kontuh gyoohuhtee) noun (plural contiguities) the state of being contiguous …
25contiguity — n. 1 being contiguous; proximity; contact. 2 Psychol. the proximity of ideas or impressions in place or time, as a principle of association …
26contiguity, law of — In Leibniz, the principle that there are no discontinuous changes in nature: ‘ natura non facit saltum’, nature makes no leaps. Leibniz was able to use the principle to criticize the mechanical system of Descartes, which would imply such leaps in …
27amputation in contiguity — an amputation at a joint …
28Association of Ideas — Association of Ideas, or Mental association, is a term used principally in the history of philosophy and of psychology to refer to explanations about the conditions under which representations arise in consciousness, and also for a principle put… …
29Fuzzy locating system — Fuzzy locating is a rough but reliable method based on appropriate measuring technology for estimating a location of an object. The concept of precise or ‘’crisp locating’’ is replaced with respect to the operational requirements and the economic …
30epistemology — epistemological /i pis teuh meuh loj i keuhl/, adj. epistemologically, adv. epistemologist, n. /i pis teuh mol euh jee/, n. a branch of philosophy that investigates the origin, nature, methods, and limits of human knowledge. [1855 60; < Gk… …
