contiguity

contiguity englannista suomeksi

1. kontiguiteetti, läheisyys

0. Substantiivi

contiguity englanniksi

1. A state in which two or more physical objects are physically touching one another or in which sections of a plane border on one another.

2. 1958–1960, Stanley Peters|R.S. Peters, ''The Concept of Motivation'', Routledge & Kegan Paul (second edition), chapter i: “Types of Explanation in Psychological Theories”, page 12:

In the mechanical conception of ‘cause’ it is…demanded that there should be spatial and temporal contiguity between the movements involved.