Coincident Meaning
/kəʊˈɪnsɪd(ə)nt/Definition, CEFR level B2, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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Definition
adjOf two or more objects: being in the same location.
adjOf two or more events: occurring at the same time; contemporaneous.
Sentence Examples
The two events were coincident and took place at noon.
His arrival was coincident with the start of the ceremony.
The two events were coincident, happening at the exact same time.
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CEFR Practice Quiz
The two events were ____ because they occurred at the same time.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The two curves are ____ at the point where they cross each other.
Word Origin & History
The adjective is borrowed from French coïncident, from Medieval Latin coincidentem, an accusative singular form of Latin coincidēns (“coinciding”), the present active participle of coincidō (“to coincide”), from co- (variant of con- (prefix denoting a being or bringing together of several objects)) + incidō (“to fall into any condition”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ḱh₂d- (“to fall”)). The noun is derived from the adjective.
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
"It is neceſſary therefore that this nevv created or replaced thing do not onely fill ſome part of the Space [i.e. “imaginary space”] above-mentioned, or be coincident and coextended vvith it, but alſo, that it have no dependance upon our thought."
— 1656, Thomas Hobbes, “Of Body and Accident”, in anonymous translator, Elements of Philosophy, the First Section, Concerning Body. […], London: […] R[obert] & W[illiam] Leybourn for Andrew Crooke, […], →OCLC, part 2 (The First Grounds of Philosophy), paragraph 1, page 74:
"[T]he ſides of the angles A and D are coincident; vvherefore thoſe angles are equall. VVhich vvas to be Dem[onstrated]."
— 1660, Euclid, “Prop[osition] VIII”, in Isaac Barrow, transl., Euclide’s Elements; […], London: […] R[oger] Daniel, for William Nealand […], →OCLC, 1st book, page 13:
"[A]ll the Colours of the ſame Ring muſt be coincident, and by their mixture exhibit a vvhite Ring."
— 1704, I[saac] N[ewton], “[The Second Book of Opticks. Part II.] Remarks on the Foregoing Observations”, in Opticks: Or, A Treatise of the Reflexions, Refractions, Inflexions and Colours of Light. […], London: […] Sam[uel] Smith, and Benj[amin] Walford, printers to the Royal Society, […], →OCLC, page 39:
"Hitherto, the Universe of stars has always been considered as coincident with the Universe proper, as I have defined it in the commencement of this Discourse. It has always been either directly or indirectly assumed—at least since the dawn of intelligible Astronomy—that, were it possible for us to attain any given point in space, we should still find, on all sides of us, an interminable succession of stars."
— 1848 March, Edgar A[llan] Poe, Eureka: A Prose Poem, New York, N.Y.: Geo[rge] P[almer] Putnam, of late firm of “Wiley & Putnam,” […], →OCLC, pages 27–28:
"On each soft side [of the White Whale]—coincident with the parted swell, that but once leaving him, then flowed so wide away—on each bright side, the whale shed off enticings."
— 1851 November 14, Herman Melville, “The Chase—First Day”, in Moby-Dick; or, The Whale, 1st American edition, New York, N.Y.: Harper & Brothers; London: Richard Bentley, →OCLC, page 604:
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CEFR Practice Quiz
The two events were ____ because they occurred at the same time.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The two curves are ____ at the point where they cross each other.