CONCOMITANT

attendant, consequent, accompanying, concomitant, incidental, ensuant, resultant, sequent, collateral

(adjective) occurring with or following as a consequence; “an excessive growth of bureaucracy, with attendant problems”; “snags incidental to the changeover in management”; “attendant circumstances”; “the period of tension and consequent need for military preparedness”; “the ensuant response to his appeal”; “the resultant savings were considerable”; “collateral target damage from a bombing run”

accompaniment, concomitant, attendant, co-occurrence

(noun) an event or situation that happens at the same time as or in connection with another

Source: WordNet® 3.1

Etymology

Adjective

concomitant (not comparable)

Accompanying; conjoining; attending; concurrent. [from early 17th c.]

Synonyms: accompanying, adjoining, attendant, incidental

Noun

concomitant (plural concomitants)

Something happening or existing at the same time.

Synonyms: accompaniment, co-occurrence

(algebra) An invariant homogeneous polynomial in the coefficients of a form, a covariant variable, and a contravariant variable.

Source: Wiktionary

Con*com"i*tant, a. Etym: [F., fr. L. con- + comitari to accompany, comes companion. See Count a nobleman.]

Definition: Accompanying; conjoined; attending. It has pleased our wise Creator to annex to several objects, as also to several of our thoughts, a concomitant pleasure. Locke.

Con*com"i*tant, n.

Definition: One who, or that which, accompanies, or is collaterally connected with another; a companion; an associate; an accompaniment. Reproach is a concomitant to greatness. Addison. The other concomitant of ingratitude is hardheartedness. South.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

CONCOMITANT

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