单词 | coincidence |
释义 | coincidence/kəʊˈɪnsɪd(ə)ns /noun 1A remarkable concurrence of events or circumstances without apparent causal connection: it was a coincidence that she was wearing a jersey like Laura’s [mass noun]: they met by coincidence...
Synonyms accident, chance, serendipity, fate, a twist of fate, destiny, fortuity, fortune, providence, freak, hazard; a piece of good fortune, (a bit of) luck, (a bit of) good luck, a fluke, a happy chance; North American happenstance 2 [mass noun] The fact of corresponding in nature or in time of occurrence: the coincidence of interest between the mining companies and certain politicians...
Synonyms co-occurrence, coexistence, conjunction, simultaneity, simultaneousness, contemporaneity, contemporaneousness, concomitance, synchronicity, synchrony; clash, conflict correspondence, agreement, accord, concurrence, match, fit, consistency, conformity, harmony, compatibility, dovetailing, correlation, parallelism; similarity, likeness 3 Physics The presence of ionizing particles or other objects in two or more detectors simultaneously, or of two or more signals simultaneously in a circuit.In their estimation, nothing could explain the coincidences except the momentary passing of a gravitational wave....
OriginEarly 17th century (in the sense 'occupation of the same space'): from medieval Latin coincidentia, from coincidere 'coincide, agree' (see coincide). Rhymes |
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