Coincidence : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: Coincidence	by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
coincidence n an event that might have been arranged although it was really accidental Synonym(s): coincidence, happenstance the quality of occupying the same position or area in space; "he waited for the coincidence of the target and the cross hairs" the temporal property of two things happening at the same time; "the interval determining the coincidence gate is adjustable" Synonym(s): concurrence, coincidence, conjunction, co-occurrence
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Coincidence \Coin"cidence\, n. [Cf. F. co[8b]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.