coincidence (n.)

  1. an event that might have been arranged although it was really accidental

    [ Syn: happenstance ]

  2. the quality of occupying the same position or area in space; he waited for the coincidence of the target and the cross hairs'

  3. the temporal property of two things happening at the same time; the interval determining the coincidence gate is adjustable

    [ Syn: concurrence , conjunction , co-occurrence ]

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