Meaning of COINCIDENCE
| Pronunciation: | | kow'insidns
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- [n] the temporal property of two things happening at the same time; "the interval determining the coincidence gate is adjustable"
- [n] the quality of occupying the same position or area in space; "he waited for the coincidence of the target and the cross hairs"
- [n] an event that might have been arranged although it was really accidental
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| | Synonyms: | | concurrence, conjunction, co-occurrence, happenstance |
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| | See Also: | | accident, chance event, concomitance, contemporaneity, contemporaneousness, fortuity, overlap, position, simultaneity, simultaneousness, spatial relation, unison | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Co*in"ci*dence\, n. [Cf. F. co["i]ncidence.]
1. The condition of occupying the same place in space; as,
the coincidence of circles, surfaces, etc. --Bentley.
2. The condition or fact of happening at the same time; as,
the coincidence of the deaths of John Adams and Thomas
Jefferson.
3. Exact correspondence in nature, character, result,
circumstances, etc.; concurrence; agreement.
The very concurrence and coincidence of ao many
evidences . . . carries a great weight. --Sir M.
Hale.
Those who discourse . . . of the nature of truth . .
. affirm a perfect coincidence between truth and
goodness. --South.
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| | Related Terms: | | accident, accompaniment, accord, accordance, affinity, agreement, alliance, assent, association, cahoots, chance, chorus, coaction, coequality, coetaneity, coetaneousness, coevality, coevalneity, coevalness, coexistence, coextension, coherence, collaboration, collectivity, collusion, combination, combined effort, compatibility, concert, concerted action, concomitance, concomitancy, concord, concordance, concourse, concurrence, confluence, conformance, conformation, conformity, congeniality, congruence, congruency, congruity, conjunction, consilience, consistency, consonance, consort, conspiracy, contemporaneity, contemporaneousness, co-occurrence, cooperation, correspondence, co-working, equality, equivalence, fluke, fortuitousness, fortuity, happenstance, harmony, homogeneity, homoousia, identity, indistinguishability, intersection, isochronism, junction, luck, matching, no difference, oneness, overlap, parallelism, parasitism, peace, rapport, sameness, saprophytism, self-consistency, selfhood, self-identity, selfness, selfsameness, simultaneity, symbiosis, symmetry, sync, synchronism, synchronization, synergy, synonymity, synonymousness, synonymy, tally, timing, togetherness, uniformity, union, unison, unisonance, united action, unity, withness |
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