If the equator and the ecliptic had coincided, it
would have rendered the annual revoluton of the
earth useless. --Cheyne.
2. To occur at the same time; to be contemporaneous; as, the
fall of Granada coincided with the discovery of America.
3. To correspond exactly; to agree; to concur; as, our aims
coincide.
The rules of right jugdment and of good
ratiocination often coincide with each other.
--Watts.