si·mul·ta·ne·ous

(sī′məl-tā′nē-əs, sĭm′əl-)

adj.

1. Happening, existing, or done at the same time. See Synonyms at contemporary.

2. Mathematics Containing variables for which there are values that can satisfy all the equations: simultaneous equations.

[Latin simul, at the same time; see sem- in Indo-European roots + English -taneous (as in instantaneous).]

si′mul·ta′ne·ous·ly adv.

si′mul·ta′ne·ous·ness, si′mul·ta·ne′i·ty (-tə-nē′ĭ-tē, -nā′-) n.

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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:

Noun

simultaneity - happening or existing or done at the same time

simultaneousness

timing - the time when something happens

conjunction, co-occurrence, coincidence, concurrence - the temporal property of two things happening at the same time; "the interval determining the coincidence gate is adjustable"

Translations

simultaneidad

samanaikaisuus

simultanéité

istodobnostistovremenostsimultanost

simultaneità

одновременность

simultaneity

[ˌsɪməltəˈniːətɪ] N → simultaneidad f

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simultaneity

n → Gleichzeitigkeit f, → Simultan(e)ität f (geh)

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simultaneity

[ˌsɪm/əltəˈnɪətɪ] n → simultaneità

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References in classic literature

33 ff.), which is reminiscent of Herbart's "Zusammen." I think the relation may be called simply "simultaneity." It might be said that at any moment all sorts of things that are not part of my experience are happening in the world, and that therefore the relation we are seeking to define cannot be merely simultaneity.

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He had so repeatedly heard himself addressed in even more than triple simultaneity.

View in context

Traditionally, the characteristics of intangibility, simultaneity, perishability, and heterogeneity were thought to make internationalization more difficult, and, hence, hinder the ability of a firm to create ownership and internalization advantages.

Service content and the internationalization of young ventures: an empirical test

Concepts of simultaneity; from antiquity to Einstein and beyond.

Concepts of simultaneity; from antiquity to Einstein and beyond

She focuses on some illustrative theoretical tools and sites of feminist inquiry and activism that are deepened and challenged through the deployment of disability analysis: simultaneity, irony, interdependence, body politics, and "choice." The Feminist Studies editorial collective believes that this article is a very important contribution to the body of scholarly work and notes that it has frequently been cited by academics in the field.

Feminist Studies Award winner

He presses the concept of simultaneity beyond its usual uses to support his thesis.

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Javier Corrales' excellent chapter on market reform highlights the extent to which the simultaneity of the two processes has produced perverse outcomes that have undermined the success of both democratic and market reforms.

Jorge I. Dominguez and Michael Sifter, editors Constructing Democratic Governance in Latin America, 2nd ed

Narrative voices, time and incidents are juxtaposed by Spark to create simultaneity of perception of different fragmentary episodes in the novel.

Spark's Symposium: a postmodernist critique

These multiple claims to owning the "genesis story" of WCRP reflect a beautiful example of how an idea that is ripe can simultaneously appear in different social locations, in the same way that the history of science has often demonstrated a similar phenomenon of simultaneity in scientific discoveries.

From the margins to the centers of power*: the increasing relevance of the global interfaith movement

No one can read LZ without being aware how integral to his work is a poetics of quotation, of incorporation, of reading and re-reading, of reworking, of revitalization, of insistence upon the simultaneity of all literature.

Louis Zukofsky's marginalia

''I would just point out 'simultaneity' is not a word that we have used,'' Boucher said.

U.S. welcomes China-N. Korea accord to resume 6-party talks