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Definition of Simultaneity

1. Noun. Happening or existing or done at the same time.

Definition of Simultaneity

1. n. The quality or state of being simultaneous; simultaneousness.

Definition of Simultaneity

1. Noun. The quality or state of being simultaneous; simultaneousness. ¹

2. Noun. (context: music) More than one complete musical texture occurring at the same time. This first appeared in the music of Charles Ives, and is common in the music of Conlon Nancarrow, and others. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Simultaneity

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Lexicographical Neighbors of Simultaneity

Literary usage of Simultaneity

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

1. Relativity: The Special and General Theory by Albert Einstein (1921)
"Also the definition of simultaneity can be given relative to the train in exactly the same way as with respect to the embankment. As a natural consequence, ..."

2. Relativity: The Special and General Theory by Albert Einstein (1920)
"Also the definition of simultaneity can be given relative to the train in exactly the same way as with respect to the embankment. As a natural consequence, ..."

3. The Individual and Reality: An Essay Touching the First Principles of by Edward Douglas Fawcett (1909)
"Now, let me say explicitly that I am treating " simultaneity " as primary. ... It is a modified simultaneity: a form into which simultaneous existence is ..."

4. Materials for the study of variation treated with especial regard to by William Bateson (1894)
"simultaneity OF COLOUR-VARIATION IN PARTS REPEATED IN LINEAR SERIES. ... That such simultaneity is not universal and that segments may vary independently of ..."

5. Psychological Principles by James Ward (1919)
"Time: Succession and simultaneity. § 3. At this point we are confronted with the three modes of time, as Kant calls them—succession, simultaneity and ..."

6. The Great Illusion: A Study of the Relation of Military Power in Nations to by Norman Angell (1911)
"... motive for aggression—Without such motive the necessity for defence disappears—simultaneity of progress towards rationalism on both sides of the fence. ..."

7. The Great Illusion: A Study of the Relation of Military Power in Nations to by Norman Angell (1910)
"... motive for aggression—Without such motive the necessity for defence disappears—simultaneity of progress towards rationalism on both sides of the fence. ..."

8. The Essentials of Method: A Discussion of the Essential Form of Right by Charles De Garmo (1892)
"simultaneity is, therefore, a condition of all mental association. There is, also, a constant tendency to associate in some way things present to ..."

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