coincident Definition
co·inci·dent (-dənt)
adjective
- occurring at the same time
- taking up the same position in space at the same time
- in agreement; similar or identical where desire and need are coincident
Etymology: Fr < ML coincidens, prp.
coincident Related Forms
co·in′ci·dently adverb
coincident Synonyms
coincident Usage Examples
Preposition: with
- axis: The axis of vision is not coincident with the axis of things, and so they appear not transparent but opaque.
- anomaly: Microgravity has shown that the subsidence is coincident with a low density anomaly.
- boundary: California California enjoys a very distinctive climate of the Mediterranean type and this climatic region is almost coincident with the state boundary.
- edge: The Interbasaltic Formation is coincident with the edge of the LCA boundary in many areas.
- return: A 20 % handling charge will be levied and a replacement order must be made coincident with the return of the items for credit.
- position: Generally the positions of the notes of one spacing group is coincident with the positions of the adjacent spacing groups.
Modifies a noun
- failure: We checked whether these bugs would cause coincident failures in more than one of the servers.
- detection: Photon counting histogram analysis was used to quantify coincident detection and degree of binding.
- datum: Running time: Running times depend on the complexity of the experimental configuration and the amount of coincident data processed.
- point: Note that contiguous coincident points in the path are not treated as self-intersection.
- anomaly: Around Burraton resistivity anomalies were generally coincident with soil Ba anomalies, but there was no coincident gravity anomaly.
- peak: The coordinates of an existing atom are replaced by those of a coincident peak.
Modifying Another Word
- entirely: The Ramsar boundary is entirely coincident with that of the Belfast Lough Special Protection Area.
- almost: You should get something like the figure here, hard to read as a map but points that are almost coincident will be visible.
- not: The problem only occurred with clef changes which are not coincident with bar lines: MOZART was overlooking them sometimes.
- exactly: The sign of Aries would thus be exactly coincident with the stars of the Fishes.
- roughly: They inhabited a territory roughly coincident with modern Shropshire and Cheshire, hardly poor counties in agricultural terms.
- nearly: Its seaward boundary is in parts nearly coincident with a marked break of slope cut into bedrock.
Used with adjective complement
Browse dictionary entries near coincident
- ‹ coincidence
- ‹ coincide
- ‹ coinage
- ‹ coin-operated
- ‹ coin-op
- ‹ coin
- ‹ Coimbatore
- ‹ coil
- ‹ coign of vantage
- ‹ coiffure
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