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Coincidence
Open directlyWebster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828
Part of speech: noun (n.)
1. The condition of occupying the same place in space; as, the coincidence of circles, surfaces, etc. Bentley.
2. The condition or fact of happening at the same time; as, the coincidence of the deaths of John Adams and Thomas Jefferson.
3. Exact correspondence in nature, character, result, circumstances, etc.; concurrence; agreement. The very concurrence and coincidence of ao many evidences . . . carries a great weight. Sir M. Hale. Those who discourse . . . of the nature of truth . . . affirm a perfect coincidence between truth and goodness. South.