coetaneous
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Adjective (1)
- of the same periodSynonyms: coevalcontemporaneousOpposite asynchronousSimilar synchronous, synchronal
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Webster's Dictionary (1913)
Co′e·ta′ne·ous adjective
Origin: L. coaetaneus; co- + aetas age.
Of the same age; beginning to exist at the same time; contemporaneous.
— Co′wb-a2′>′e·ta′wb-a1′>′ne·ous·ly, adverb
And all [members of the body] are coetaneous.— Richard Bentley
Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54