About The Word Coincidence
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Coincidence
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What's The Definition Of Coincidence?
[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 Synonyms | Synonyms for Coincidence: concurrence | conjunction | co-occurrence | happenstance Related Terms | Find terms related to Coincidence: 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 See Also | accident | chance event | concomitance | contemporaneity | contemporaneousness | fortuity | overlap | position | simultaneity | simultaneousness | spatial relation | unison Coincidence In Webster's Dictionary \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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