simultaneous
/ˌsɪm(ə)lˈteɪnɪəs
/adjective
Occurring, operating, or done at the same time: a simultaneous withdrawal of troops simultaneous translation...
- This will lead to the simultaneous withdrawal of the armies of both the countries from the borders.
- So they installed, at their own expense, simultaneous translation facilities.
- The difference from concurrent validity is that a future rather than a simultaneous criterion measure is employed.
Synonyms
concurrent, happening at the same time, done at the same time, contemporaneous, concomitant, coinciding, coincident, synchronous, synchronized, synchronic;
coexistent, parallel, side by side
Derivatives
simultaneity
/ /ˌsɪm(ə)ltəˈniːɪti/ noun ...- We are in the epoch of simultaneity: we are in the epoch of juxtaposition, the epoch of the near and far, of the side-by-side, of the dispersed.
- The simultaneity of diverse visualities and textualities, presented in these Readers, turns the act of reading into a heuristic navigation of our current physical and virtual reality.
- The transitions are mentally demanding, and the frequent use of moving, multiple frames connected by simultaneity and consequence create something different for a comic book movie.
simultaneousness
- That view is expressed after looking at page 180 and considering the simultaneousness of the events.
- It is fascinating how the simultaneousness of the events is triggered by showing movement.
- It should therefore be ensured, at relatively high expenditures, that this simultaneousness of the application movement is maintained also during an extended operating time.
Origin
Mid 17th century: based on Latin simul 'at the same time', probably influenced by late Latin momentaneus.