Dictionary entry

Coincidence

Webster's Dictionary 1913

Co‐in″ci‐dence (kō̍‐ĭn″sĭ‐dens), n. [Cf. F. coïncidence.] 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 so 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.