形容詞 contiguous:

1. very close or connected in space or time
   同義詞：immediate
2. connecting without a break; within a common boundary
   同義詞：conterminous
3. having a common boundary or edge; touching
   同義詞：abutting, adjacent, adjoining, conterminous, neighboring

1. A contiguous fixed-sized area of storage. Each partition is a separate address space.
   一種地址連續(xù)的、定長(zhǎng)的存儲(chǔ)區(qū)，每個(gè)分區(qū)是一個(gè)獨(dú)立的地址空間。
2. The process of making the most effective use of storage by placing data elements into contiguous bit positions of words.
   把數(shù)據(jù)元放入各個(gè)字中的相鄰二進(jìn)制位上，從而能最大限度地利用存儲(chǔ)空間的處理方法或過(guò)程。
3. In Series/1, a series of contiguous records in a volume that describe the contents in terms of allocated data sets and free space.
   在IBMSeries／1中，文卷里的一串連續(xù)記錄，這些記錄用于描述已分配數(shù)據(jù)集和自由空間。
4. California and Mexico are contiguous.
   加利福尼亞和墨西哥相鄰。

con.tig.u.ous

adj.（形容詞）
Sharing an edge or boundary; touching.
接觸的：共邊的或共邊界的；互相接觸的
Neighboring; adjacent.
毗鄰的；鄰近的

Connecting without a break:
連綿不斷的：
例句：
the 48 contiguous states.
相連的48個(gè)州

Connected in time; uninterrupted:
不間斷的：時(shí)間上連續(xù)的；不間斷的：
例句：
served two contiguous terms in office.
在公司連續(xù)服務(wù)過(guò)兩個(gè)任期

來(lái)源：
From Latin contiguus
源自 拉丁語(yǔ) contiguus
from contingere contig- [to touch] * see contact
源自 contingere contig- [接觸] *參見(jiàn) contact

【引伸】
contig.uously
adv.（副詞）
contig.uousness
n.（名詞）