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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (3)

1. an event that might have been arranged although it was really accidental;
[syn: coincidence, happenstance]

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

3. the temporal property of two things happening at the same time;
- Example: "the interval determining the coincidence gate is adjustable"
[syn: concurrence, coincidence, conjunction, co-occurrence]



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Coincidence \Co*in"ci*dence\ (k[-o]*[i^]n"s[i^]*dens), n. [Cf.
   F. co["i]ncidence.]
   1. The condition of occupying the same place in space; as,
      the coincidence of circles, surfaces, etc. --Bentley.
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   2. The condition or fact of happening at the same time; as,
      the coincidence of the deaths of John Adams and Thomas
      Jefferson.
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   3. Exact correspondence in nature, character, result,
      circumstances, etc.; concurrence; agreement.
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            The very concurrence and coincidence of so many
            evidences . . . carries a great weight. --Sir M.
                                                  Hale.
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            Those who discourse . . . of the nature of truth . .
            . affirm a perfect coincidence between truth and
            goodness.                             --South.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

coincidence
    n 1: an event that might have been arranged although it was
         really accidental [syn: coincidence, 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, coincidence,
       conjunction, co-occurrence]