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coincident

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co·in·ci·dent  (k-ns-dnt)
adj.
1. Occupying the same area in space or happening at the same time: a series of coincident events. See Synonyms at contemporary.
2. Being very similar to another, as in nature: testimony that was coincident with the actual facts.
3. Matching point for point; coinciding: coincident circles.
coincident
Adjective
1. having the same position in space or time
2. coincident with in exact agreement with
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adj.1.coincident - occurring or operating at the same time; "a series of coincident events"
co-occurrent, coincidental, coinciding, concurrent, cooccurring, simultaneous
synchronal, synchronic, synchronous - occurring or existing at the same time or having the same period or phase; "recovery was synchronous with therapy"- Jour.A.M.A.; "a synchronous set of clocks"; "the synchronous action of a bird's wings in flight"; "synchronous oscillations"
2.coincident - matching point for point; "coincident circles"
congruent - coinciding when superimposed


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The best form of recognition is coincident with a Reversal of the Situation, as in the Oedipus.
The Poetics of Aristotle by Aristotle View in context
The deeper we delve in search of these causes the more of them we find; and each separate cause or whole series of causes appears to us equally valid in itself and equally false by its insignificance compared to the magnitude of the events, and by its impotence- apart from the cooperation of all the other coincident causes- to occasion the event.
War and Peace by Tolstoy, Leo View in context
His object now was to raise within the center of the well, and with a coincident axis, a cylinder 900 feet high, and nine feet in diameter, which should exactly fill up the space reserved for the bore of the Columbiad.
From The Earth To The Moon by Verne, Jules View in context
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