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单词 coincidence
释义 co·in·ci·dence
\kōˈin(t)sə̇dən(t)s\ noun
(-s)
Etymology: French coïncidence, from Middle French coïncidance, from coïncider (from Medieval Latin coincidere) + -ance
1. : the occupation of the same position in space
 < the coincidence of a point in space with another point >
in time
 < coincidence of two events >
or in a series or on a scale
 < coincidence of the readings on two thermometers >
: the coming together or simultaneous occurrence or existence of things or events
 < the coincidence of the last note of the violin with the sound of the bell >
2. : correspondence or agreement in nature, character, or detail
 < a perfect coincidence between truth and goodness — Robert South >
3. : an instance of coinciding or corresponding
 < the coincidences between the Arabic and the Sanskrit versions — F.M.Müller >
4. : the concurrence of events or circumstances appropriate to one another or having significance in relation to one another but between which there is no apparent causal connection
 < the coincidence that Mr. Baines should have died while there was a show of mourning goods in his establishment — Arnold Bennett >
5. biology : the ratio between the observed number of double crossovers and the number predicted on a random basis — compare interference
6. : the simultaneous indication by two or more counting tubes of the passage presumably of the same ionizing particle through both or all of them (as in a cosmic-ray telescope) — compare anticoincidence
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