|  coincidence 
  
 
 1. an event that might have been arranged although it was really accidental (Freq. 6)
 • Syn:
 happenstance
 • Hypernyms:
 accident, stroke, fortuity, chance event
 2. the quality of occupying the same position or area in space
 - he waited for the coincidence of the target and the cross hairs
 • Derivationally related forms:
 coincident
 • Hypernyms:
 position, spatial relation
 3. the temporal property of two things happening at the same time
 - the interval determining the coincidence gate is adjustable
 • Syn:
 concurrence, conjunction, co-occurrence
 • Derivationally related forms:
 co-occurrent (for: co-occurrence), coincident, coincide, concurrent (for: concurrence), concur (for: concurrence)
 • Hypernyms:
 simultaneity, simultaneousness
 • Hyponyms:
 concomitance, overlap, contemporaneity, contemporaneousness, unison
 
 
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