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Noun: co-occurrence
  1. The temporal property of two things happening at the same time
    "The co-occurrence of the two earthquakes puzzled scientists";
    - concurrence, coincidence, conjunction
     
  2. An event or situation that happens at the same time as or in connection with another
    "Inflation was a co-occurrence of the rapid economic growth";
    - accompaniment, concomitant, attendant

Derived forms: co-occurrences

Type of: happening, natural event, occurrence, occurrent, simultaneity, simultaneousness

Encyclopedia: Co-occurrence