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English
Etymology
From Medieval Latin simultaneus, from simultim (“at the same time, extended”), from Latin simul (“together, at the same time”); compare similar.
Pronunciation
Adjective
simultaneous (not comparable)
- Happening at the same moment.
- 1992, Rudolf M[athias] Schuster, The Hepaticae and Anthocerotae of North America: East of the Hundredth Meridian, volume V, Chicago, Ill.: Field Museum of Natural History, →ISBN, pages 3-4:
- As with the Lejeuneaceae, this pattern of massive speciation appears to be correlated with the Cretaceous explosion of the angiosperms and the simultaneous creation of a host of new microenvironments, differing in humidity, light intensity, texture, etc.
- (mathematics, of a set of equations) To be solved for the same values of variables.
Antonyms
- (antonym(s) of “happening at the same moment”): sequential, asynchronous, metachronous
Derived terms
Translations
occurring at the same time
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