'Coincidence' definitions:
Definition of 'coincidence'
(from WordNet)
noun
An event that might have been arranged although it was really accidental [syn: coincidence, happenstance]
noun
The quality of occupying the same position or area in space; "he waited for the coincidence of the target and the cross hairs"
noun
The temporal property of two things happening at the same time; "the interval determining the coincidence gate is adjustable" [syn: concurrence, coincidence, conjunction, co-occurrence]
Definition of 'Coincidence'
From: GCIDE
- Coincidence \Co*in"ci*dence\ (k[-o]*[i^]n"s[i^]*dens), n. [Cf. F. co["i]ncidence.]
- 1. The condition of occupying the same place in space; as, the coincidence of circles, surfaces, etc. --Bentley. [1913 Webster]
- 2. The condition or fact of happening at the same time; as, the coincidence of the deaths of John Adams and Thomas Jefferson. [1913 Webster]
- 3. Exact correspondence in nature, character, result, circumstances, etc.; concurrence; agreement. [1913 Webster]
- The very concurrence and coincidence of so many evidences . . . carries a great weight. --Sir M. Hale. [1913 Webster]
- Those who discourse . . . of the nature of truth . . . affirm a perfect coincidence between truth and goodness. --South. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'coincidence'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- accident,
- accompaniment,
- accord,
- accordance,
- affinity,
- agreement,
- alliance,
- assent,
- association,
- cahoots,
- chance,
- chorus,
- co-occurrence,
- co-working,
- coaction,
- coequality,
- coetaneity,
- coetaneousness,
- coevality,
- coevalneity,
- coevalness,
- coexistence,
- coextension,
- coherence,
- collaboration,
- collectivity,
- collusion,
- combination,
- combined effort,
- compatibility,
- concert,
- concerted action,
- concomitance,
- concomitancy,
- concord,
- concordance,
- concourse,
- concurrence,
- confluence,
- conformance,
- conformation,
- conformity,
- congeniality,
- congruence,
- congruency,
- congruity,
- conjunction,
- consilience,
- consistency,
- consonance,
- consort,
- conspiracy,
- contemporaneity,
- contemporaneousness,
- cooperation,
- correspondence,
- equality,
- equivalence,
- fluke,
- fortuitousness,
- fortuity,
- happenstance,
- harmony,
- homogeneity,
- homoousia,
- identity,
- indistinguishability,
- intersection,
- isochronism,
- junction,
- luck,
- matching,
- no difference,
- oneness,
- overlap,
- parallelism,
- parasitism,
- peace,
- rapport,
- sameness,
- saprophytism,
- self-consistency,
- self-identity,
- selfhood,
- selfness,
- selfsameness,
- simultaneity,
- symbiosis,
- symmetry,
- sync,
- synchronism,
- synchronization,
- synergy,
- synonymity,
- synonymousness,
- synonymy,
- tally,
- timing,
- togetherness,
- uniformity,
- union,
- unison,
- unisonance,
- united action,
- unity,
- withness