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English noun: coincidence | |||
| 1. | coincidence (event) an event that might have been arranged although it was really accidental | ||
| Synonyms | happenstance | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | accident, chance event, fortuity, stroke | ||
| 2. | coincidence (attribute) the quality of occupying the same position or area in space | ||
| Samples | He waited for the coincidence of the target and the cross hairs. | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | position, spatial relation | ||
| 3. | coincidence (attribute) the temporal property of two things happening at the same time | ||
| Samples | The interval determining the coincidence gate is adjustable. | ||
| Synonyms | co-occurrence, concurrence, conjunction | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | simultaneity, simultaneousness | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | concomitance, contemporaneity, contemporaneousness, overlap, unison | ||
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