Contiguity

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Contiguity comes from one of Aristotle's Laws of Association. The Law of Contiguity refers to the fact that things that occur in proximity to each other in time or space are readily associated.

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[edit] Physics

Contiguity is a metallurgical property used to characterize microstructure of materials. It is computed by finding the ratio of solid-solid length to the sum of solid-solid and solid-liquid length of the microstructure.

[edit] Biology

Contiguity describes a cluster of genes that are located close to one another at a chromosome locus. Contiguous gene disorders result from deletions or duplications of a chromosome segment, thus causing a contiguous gene imbalance.

[edit] Psychology

In conditioning, contiguity refers to how associated a reinforcer is with behaviour. The higher the contiguity between events the greater the strength of the behavioural relationship.

[edit] Geography

Contiguity can refer to the parts of a nation-state being connected by land. An example: Alabama is part of the contiguous United States,while Alaska and Hawaii are not.