co·in·ci·dence /koˈɪn(t)sədən(t)s, səˌdɛn(t)s/
巧合,同時發生
coincidence
重合
coincidence
重合 符合
Co·in·ci·dence n.
1. The condition of occupying the same place in space; as, the coincidence of circles, surfaces, etc.
2. The condition or fact of happening at the same time; as, the coincidence of the deaths of John Adams and Thomas Jefferson.
3. 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.
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coincidence
n 1: an event that might have been arranged although it was
really accidental [syn: happenstance]
2: the quality of occupying the same position or area in space;
"he waited for the coincidence of the target and the cross
hairs"
3: the temporal property of two things happening at the same
time; "the interval determining the coincidence gate is
adjustable" [syn: concurrence, conjunction, co-occurrence]