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Definition of Coincidences
1. coincidence [n] - See also: coincidence
Lexicographical Neighbors of Coincidences
Literary usage of Coincidences
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Technique of the Mystery Story by Carolyn Wells (1913)
"CHAPTER XXV FURTHER ADVICES i The Use of coincidences An error into which the
beginning author easily falls is the too lavish use of coincidences. ..."
2. A Dictionary of Chemistry and the Allied Branches of Other Sciences by Henry Watts (1869)
"773 gives a representation of his drawings of a very small portion of the spectrum
between b and F, showing the coincidences of many metallic lines. ..."
3. Faith-healing, Christian Science and Kindred Phenomena by James Monroe Buckley (1892)
"coincidences SUSPICION may arise that this theory places a burden upon the ...
It is therefore necessary to show that coincidences are far more frequent and ..."
4. Theory of the Algebraic Functions of a Complex Variable by John Charles Fields (1906)
"Such a set of 2p — 2p coincidences we shall call a complete set of <p-coincidences
relative to the reducible algebraic equation. ..."
5. Atlas of the World with Geophysical Boundaries Showing Oceans, Continents by Athelstan Spilhaus (1991)
"Antipodal Shoreline coincidences It was possible to do this by the ... shows us
that the only continental shoreline coincidences near the Equator occur ..."
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