SIMULTANEOUS

coincident, coincidental, coinciding, concurrent, co-occurrent, cooccurring, simultaneous

(adjective) occurring or operating at the same time; “a series of coincident events”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Adjective

simultaneous (not comparable)

Happening at the same moment.

(mathematics, of a set of equations) To be solved for the same values of variables.

Antonyms

• (happening at the same moment): sequential

Source: Wiktionary


Si`mul*ta"ne*ous, a. Etym: [LL. simultim at the same time, fr. L. simul. See Simulate.]

Definition: Existing, happening, or done, at the same time; as, simultaneous events.

– Si`mul*ta"ne*ous*ly, adv.

– Si`mul*ta"ne*ous*ness, n. Simultaneous equations (Alg.), two or more equations in which the values of the unknown quantities entering them are the same at the same time in both or in all.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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MONASTICISM

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