co·in·ci·dent

[koh-in-si-duhnt]
adjective
1.
happening at the same time.
2.
coinciding; occupying the same place or position.
3.
exactly corresponding.
4.
in exact agreement (usually followed by with ).

Origin:
1555–65; < Medieval Latin coincident- (stem of coincidēns) present participle of coincidere to coincide; see -ent

non·co·in·ci·dent, adjective
pre·co·in·ci·dent, adjective
pre·co·in·ci·dent·ly, adverb
su·per·co·in·ci·dent, adjective
su·per·co·in·ci·dent·ly, adverb
un·co·in·ci·dent, adjective
un·co·in·ci·dent·ly, adverb


1. simultaneous, synchronous. See contemporary.
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coincident (kəʊˈɪnsɪdənt) [Click for IPA pronunciation guide]
 
adj (usually postpositive and foll by with)
1.  having the same position in space or time
2.  in exact agreement; consonant

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coincident
c.1570, from Fr. coincident, from M.L. *coincidentem, prp. of coincidere (see coincide). Related: Coincidental (c.1800), coincidentally (1837), coincidently (1629).
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Example sentences
Its general decline is, moreover, coincident with the opening of a period of
  remarkable development in the gas industry.
Of course if one were to transform to this distant frame the light cone
  coincident with our galaxy would appear turned away.
The ring fractures from the caldera-forming eruptions are roughly coincident
  with the caldera.
His return, coinciding with the birth of his grandson, is not a coincident.
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