co·in·ci·dence (k - n s-d ns, -d ns )n. 1. The state or fact of occupying the same relative position or area in space. 2. A sequence of events that although accidental seems to have been planned or arranged. |
coincidence
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1. a chance occurrence of simultaneous or apparently connected events
2. a coinciding
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| Noun | 1. | coincidence - an event that might have been arranged although it was really accidental chance event, fortuity, accident, stroke - anything that happens suddenly or by chance without an apparent cause; "winning the lottery was a happy accident"; "the pregnancy was a stroke of bad luck"; "it was due to an accident or fortuity" |
| 2. | coincidence - the quality of occupying the same position or area in space; "he waited for the coincidence of the target and the cross hairs" spatial relation, position - the spatial property of a place where or way in which something is situated; "the position of the hands on the clock"; "he specified the spatial relations of every piece of furniture on the stage" | |
| 3. | coincidence - the temporal property of two things happening at the same time; "the interval determining the coincidence gate is adjustable" simultaneity, simultaneousness - happening or existing or done at the same time concomitance - occurrence or existence together or in connection with one another overlap - the property of partial coincidence in time contemporaneity, contemporaneousness - the quality of belonging to the same period of time unison - occurring together or simultaneously; "the two spoke in unison" |
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