Lexic.us

Definition of Coincidence

1. Noun. An event that might have been arranged although it was really accidental.

2. Noun. The quality of occupying the same position or area in space. "He waited for the coincidence of the target and the cross hairs"

3. Noun. The temporal property of two things happening at the same time. "The interval determining the coincidence gate is adjustable"

Definition of Coincidence

1. n. The condition of occupying the same place in space; as, the coincidence of circles, surfaces, etc.

Definition of Coincidence

1. Noun. Of objects, the property of being coincident; occurring at the same time or place. ¹

2. Noun. Of events, the appearance of a meaningful connection when there is none. ¹

3. Noun. (analysis) A coincidence point. ¹

4. Noun. (alternative spelling of coincidence) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Coincidence

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Lexicographical Neighbors of Coincidence

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Literary usage of Coincidence

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1917)
"DISCUSSION AND CORRESPONDENCE A REMARKABLE coincidence THE most remarkable ... On describing the coincidence recently to a group of my colleagues in other ..."

2. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1918)
"... distance ( angle), _ addling immediate application of the relation ..» (.n» a:a)=l as о approaches zero. As tu. absolute elements approach coincidence, ..."

3. The History of "Punch" by Marion Harry Spielmann (1895)
"... Punch's Jokes and Pictures—Contributors of Witty Things—A Grim coincidence—"I Used Your Soap Two Years Ago"— Charles Keene Offended—The Serjeant-at-Arms ..."

4. Plane and Spherical Trigonometry by George Albert Wentworth, George Anthony Hill (1889)
"... read the lower figures on the left of the zero line at any coincidence ; if moved more than 15' past a division line of the limb, read the upper figures ..."

5. Sharps and Flats by Eugene Field (1900)
"A Singular coincidence October t3, 1883 IT is a singular coincidence that the birth of Martin Luther, the Ben Butler of his times, and the death of Ben ..."

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