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con·cur·rence

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–noun

1.	the act of concurring.

2.	accordance in opinion; agreement: With the concurrence of several specialists, our doctor recommended surgery.

3.	cooperation, as of agents or causes; combined action or effort.

4.	simultaneous occurrence; coincidence: the concurrence of several unusual events.

5.	Geometry. a point that is in three or more lines simultaneously.

6.	Law. a power equally held or a claim shared equally.

7.	Archaic. competition; rivalry.

Also, con·cur·ren·cy (for defs. 1–4).

[Origin: 1515–25; < ML concurrentia. See concurrent, -ence

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con·cur·ren·cy Audio Help (kən-kûr'ən-sē, -kŭr'-) Pronunciation Key
n. pl. con·cur·ren·cies
Concurrence: "Concurrency of development with deployment . . . has almost always proven counterproductive" (Harold Brown).

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concurrency
noun
1.	agreement of results or opinions [syn: concurrence]
2.	acting together, as agents or circumstances or events [syn: concurrence]

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concurrency
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Concurrency

Con*cur"ren*cy\, n. Concurrence.

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