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2 definitions found 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 1.6 [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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