CONCURRENCE


Meaning of CONCURRENCE in English

/keuhn kerr"euhns, -kur"-/ , n.

1. the act of concurring.

2. accordance in opinion; agreement: With the concurrence of several specialists, our doctor recommended surgery.

3. cooperation, as of agents or causes; combined action or effort.

4. simultaneous occurrence; coincidence: the concurrence of several unusual events.

5. Geom. a point that is in three or more lines simultaneously.

6. Law. a power equally held or a claim shared equally.

7. Archaic. competition; rivalry.

Also, concurrency (for defs. 1-4).

[ 1515-25; concurrentia. See CONCURRENT, -ENCE ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .