COINCIDENCE


Meaning of COINCIDENCE in English

n.1 a occurring or being together. b an instance of this.

2 a remarkable concurrence of events or circumstances without apparent causal connection.

3 Physics the presence of ionizing particles etc. in two or more detectors simultaneously, or of two or more signals simultaneously in a circuit.

Etymology: med.L coincidentia (as COINCIDE)

Oxford English vocab.      Оксфордский английский словарь.