CO-OCCURRENCE

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

The temporal property of two things happening at the same time

Example:

the interval determining the coincidence gate is adjustable

Synonyms:

co-occurrence; coincidence; concurrence; conjunction

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Hypernyms ("co-occurrence" is a kind of...):

simultaneity; simultaneousness (happening or existing or done at the same time)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "co-occurrence"):

concomitance (occurrence or existence together or in connection with one another)

overlap (the property of partial coincidence in time)

contemporaneity; contemporaneousness (the quality of belonging to the same period of time)

unison (occurring together or simultaneously)

Derivation:

co-occurrent (occurring or operating at the same time)

Meaning:

An event or situation that happens at the same time as or in connection with another

Synonyms:

accompaniment; attendant; co-occurrence; concomitant

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural events

Hypernyms ("co-occurrence" is a kind of...):

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "co-occurrence"):

associate (any event that usually accompanies or is closely connected with another)

background (relatively unimportant or inconspicuous accompanying situation)

Derivation:

co-occurrent (occurring or operating at the same time)

cooccur (go with, fall together)