Crossword clues for coincident
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Coincident \Co*in"ci*dent\ (k[-o]*[i^]n"s[i^]*dent), a. [Cf. F. co["i]ncident.] Having coincidence; occupying the same place; contemporaneous; concurrent; -- followed by with.
Christianity teaches nothing but what is perfectly
suitable to, and coincident with, the ruling principles
of a virtuous and well-inclined man.
--South.
Coincident \Co*in"ci*dent\, n.
One of two or more coincident events; a coincidence. [R.]
``Coincidents and accidents.''
--Froude.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
late 16c., from French coincident, from coincider (see coincide).
Wiktionary
a. 1 (context of two events English) Occurring at the same time. 2 (context of two objects English) Being in the same location. 3 Being in accordance, matching.
WordNet
adj. occurring or operating at the same time; "a series of coincident events" [syn: coincidental, coinciding, concurrent, cooccurring, simultaneous]
matching point for point; "coincident circles" [syn: coinciding]
Wikipedia
In geometry, two points are called coincident when they are actually the same point as each other. The same word has also been used more generally to other forms of incidence or special position between geometric objects.
Usage examples of "coincident".
This coincident symmetry did not astonish the lone brown eye that watched from above.
This coincident symmetry did not astonish the lone brown eye that watched from above.
Wallace, in which he concludes, that 'every species has come into existence coincident both in space and time with a pre-existing closely allied species.
These times were usually coincident with an acute financial depression in Billy's change pocket, and then he would fare forth in the still watches of the night, with a couple of boon companions and roll a souse, or stick up a saloon.
Of course, they could establish over that period of time a circadian rhythm coincident with the Mars day of 24 hours and 37 minutes, but the slight advantage of achieving this would scarcely repay the effort.
I believe that all men are just overgrown boys with deep problems communicating and that the decline in good sex in America is coincident with the decline in drive-in movie theaters from state to state.
Alterward we realized what it was-that our retreat from the fetid slime coating on those headless obstructions, and the coincident approach of the pursuing entity, had not brought us the exchange of stenches which logic called for.
This view of the relation of species in one region to those in another, does not differ much (by substituting the word variety for species) from that lately advanced in an ingenious paper by Mr Wallace, in which he concludes, that `every species has come into existence coincident both in space and time with a pre-existing closely allied species.
But Brim and Ursis both noted a great deal of coincident work being done on the KA'PPA-tower insulation-and complete reisolation of the Vertical's waveguide system.