Hypertext Webster Gateway: "coincidence"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Coincidence \Co*in"ci*dence\, n. [Cf. F. co["i]ncidence.]
1. The condition of occupying the same place in space; as,
the coincidence of circles, surfaces, etc. --Bentley.
2. The condition or fact of happening at the same time; as,
the coincidence of the deaths of John Adams and Thomas
Jefferson.
3. Exact correspondence in nature, character, result,
circumstances, etc.; concurrence; agreement.
The very concurrence and coincidence of ao many
evidences . . . carries a great weight. --Sir M.
Hale.
Those who discourse . . . of the nature of truth . .
. affirm a perfect coincidence between truth and
goodness. --South.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
coincidence
n 1: an event that might have been arranged although it was
really accidental [syn: {happenstance}]
2: the quality of occupying the same position or area in space;
"he waited for the coincidence of the target and the cross
hairs"
3: the temporal property of two things happening at the same
time; "the interval determining the coincidence gate is
adjustable" [syn: {concurrence}, {conjunction}, {co-occurrence}]
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