coincidence

/kəʊˈɪnsɪdəns/ · noun

Meaning

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.

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Related words

co-occurrence(English)conjunction(English)concurrence(English)happenstance(English)coincidentally(English)matching(English)convergence(English)concordance(English)synchronicity(English)detector(English)detection(English)fate(English)

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