concurrence
/kənˈkʌr(ə)ns
/(also concurrency)
noun [mass noun]
1The fact of two or more events or circumstances happening or existing at the same time: the incidental concurrence of two separate tumours
1.1 [count noun] Mathematics A point at which three or more lines meet: the number of possible concurrences in the diagram...
- This leads to the purely mathematical problem of finding the positions of the points of concurrence for various sets of parallels.
- The true antecedent of the modern vanishing point is Guidobaldo's <i>punctum concursus</i> (point of concurrence).
- The orthocenter is one of the four concurrency points in a triangle.
2Agreement or consistency: delays can be avoided by arriving at political concurrence at the start we want the concurrence of law enforcement
Rhymes
- plug something in
- plug-switch
- plug tap
- plug the gap (or gaps)
- plug-ugly
- plug valve
- pluiff
- pluke
- plum
- plumaceous
- plumach
- live-stream
- live the dream
- live thorn
- live to fight another day
- live together
- live to regret something
- live to tell the tale
- livetrap
- live-tweet
- live up to
- liveware
- live weight
- live wire
- live with