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Webster 1913 Edition
Coincidence
Co-in′ci-dence
(kō̍-ĭn′sĭ-dens)
, Noun.
[Cf. F.
coïncidence
.] 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 Jefferson3.
Exact correspondence in nature, character, result, circumstances, etc.; concurrence; agreement.
The very concurrence and
coincidence
of so 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.
Webster 1828 Edition
Coincidence
COINCIDENCE
, n.1.
The falling or meeting of two or more lines, surfaces, or bodies in the same point.2.
Concurrence; consistency; agreement; as the coincidence of two or more opinions; coincidence of evidences.3.
A meeting of events in time; concurrence; a happening at the same time; as coincidence of events.