coincidence

Plural: coincidences

Noun

• an event that might have been arranged although it was really accidental
• the quality of occupying the same position or area in space
  • "he waited for the coincidence of the target and the cross hairs"
• the temporal property of two things happening at the same time
  • "the interval determining the coincidence gate is adjustable"
• Of objects, the property of being coincident; occurring at the same time or place.
• Of events, the appearance of a meaningful connection when there is none.
• A coincidence point.
• A fixed point of a correspondence; a point of a variety corresponding to itself under a correspondence.

Examples

• It is sheer coincidence that the cartoon resembles the local politician.
• That the two writers were born and died on the same day is just a coincidence, although there are many conspiracy theories about it.

Synonyms

co-occurrence, concurrence, conjunction, happenstance, coincidence point, concurrentness, simultaneousness, synchronicity

Related Words

coincide, coincident, coincidental, coincidentally