Noun: coincidence kow'in-si-d(u)n(t)s
- An event that might have been arranged although it was really accidental
"Their meeting at the coffee shop was pure coincidence";
- happenstance
- The temporal property of two things happening at the same time
"the interval determining the coincidence gate is adjustable";
- concurrence, conjunction, co-occurrence
- The quality of occupying the same position or area in space
"he waited for the coincidence of the target and the cross hairs"
Derived forms: coincidences
Type of: accident, chance event, fortuity, position, simultaneity, simultaneousness, spatial relation, stroke
Encyclopedia: Coincidence