The expression “coffee break” was first attested in 1952 in glossy magazine advertisements by the Pan-American Coffee Bureau.
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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ACCURATE
(adjective) conforming exactly or almost exactly to fact or to a standard or performing with total accuracy; “an accurate reproduction”; “the accounting was accurate”; “accurate measurements”; “an accurate scale”
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