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contiguous
Adjective
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If something is contiguous, it is connected; it is touching something else.
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If something is contiguous, it is next to something else; it is adjacent to something else.
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If something is contiguous, it is connecting to something else without a break.
48 of the states in the United States are contiguous.
gene
Noun
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A gene is a chemical instruction in a person, animal, plant, or other living thing, telling how to make a protein. The genes are found in the nucleus (middle part) of cells, and tell how to make the organism (living thing).
I have a blue-eye gene.
The biologists changed the fly's genes, so it grew legs where its eyes should be.
Gene
Proper noun
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Gene is a male given name. It is short for Eugene.