COEXTENSIVE

coextensive, coterminous, conterminous

(adjective) being of equal extent or scope or duration

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Adjective

coextensive (not comparable)

Having the same spatial limits or boundaries; sharing the same area.

Occurring over the same period of time; contemporaneous.

(logic) Having the same extension—the object or set of objects to which a term refers.

Source: Wiktionary


Co`ex*ten"sive, a.

Definition: Equally extensive; having as, consciousness and knowledge are coextensive. Sir W. Hamilton.

– Co`ex*ten"sive*ly, adv.

– Co`ex*ten"sive*ness, n.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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Word of the Day

3 July 2024

DITHER

(noun) an excited state of agitation; “he was in a dither”; “there was a terrible flap about the theft”


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According to Guinness World Records, on 25 September 2016, the Birla Institute of Management Technology (India) in Uttar Pradesh, India, constructed the largest coffee cups pyramid consisting of 23,821 cups. They used paper takeaway coffee cups to build the pyramid.

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