noun
1. an event or situation that happens at the same time as or in connection with another
• Syn: ↑accompaniment, ↑concomitant, ↑attendant
• Derivationally related forms: ↑co-occurrent, ↑cooccur, ↑attendant (for: ↑attendant), ↑accompany (for: ↑accompaniment)
• Hypernyms: ↑happening, ↑occurrence, ↑occurrent, ↑natural event
• Hyponyms: ↑associate, ↑background
2. the temporal property of two things happening at the same time
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the interval determining the coincidence gate is adjustable
• Syn: ↑concurrence, ↑coincidence, ↑conjunction
• Derivationally related forms: ↑co-occurrent, ↑coincident (for: ↑coincidence), ↑coincide (for: ↑coincidence), ↑concurrent (for: ↑concurrence), ↑concur (for: ↑concurrence)
• Hypernyms: ↑simultaneity, ↑simultaneousness
• Hyponyms: ↑concomitance, ↑overlap, ↑contemporaneity, ↑contemporaneousness, ↑unison
Useful english dictionary. 2012.