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   coincidence

   /kəʊˈɪnsɪd(ə)ns/

   noun

   • 1. a remarkable concurrence of events or circumstances without apparent causal connection: "it was a coincidence that she was wearing a jersey like Laura's" Similar accidentchanceserendipityfatea twist of fatedestinyfortuityfortuneprovidencefreakhazarda piece of good fortune(a bit of) luck(a bit of) good lucka flukea happy chancehappenstance
   • 2. the fact of corresponding in nature or in time of occurrence: "the coincidence of interest between the mining companies and certain politicians" Similar co-occurrencecoexistenceconjunctionsimultaneitysimultaneousnesscontemporaneitycontemporaneousnessconcomitancesynchronicitysynchronyclashconflictcorrespondenceagreementaccordconcurrencematchfitconsistencyconformityharmonycompatibilitydovetailingcorrelationparallelismsimilaritylikeness
   • 3. the presence of ionizing particles or other objects in two or more detectors simultaneously, or of two or more signals simultaneously in a circuit.

   Word Origin early 17th century (in the sense ‘occupation of the same space’): from medieval Latin coincidentia, from coincidere ‘coincide, agree’ (see coincide).

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