Coincident

Quick meaning: Coincident is an adjective meaning Of two or more objects: being in the same location.

Meaning

Of two or more objects: being in the same location.

More Meanings

1. Of two or more events: occurring at the same time; contemporaneous.
2. Of two or more things: having the same qualities; being in accordance; consonant, matching.
3. (obsolete) Chiefly followed by to: accompanying, concomitant, incident.
4. (obsolete) One of multiple incidents or things which coincide with each other; a concomitant.

Example Sentences

[A]ll the Colours of the ſame Ring muſt be coincident, and by their mixture exhibit a vvhite Ring.

[T]he ſides of the angles A and D are coincident; vvherefore thoſe angles are equall. VVhich vvas to be Dem[onstrated].

On each soft side [of the White Whale]—coincident with the parted swell, that but once leaving him, then flowed so wide away—on each bright side, the whale shed off enticings.

The primary cause of the ocean currents, and of the prevailing winds which are associated with them, is the rotation of the earth. The plot of the Atlantic currents and Atlantic winds is almost, though not quite, coincident.

Word Forms

• coincidents

Synonyms for coincident

Depending on context, synonyms include coincidental, coinciding, concurrent, congruent, simultaneous, synchronic.

Antonyms for coincident

Common opposites include incoincident, noncoincident.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include coinciding, concurrent, simultaneous, synchronous, synchronic, coincidental.

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