coincidence

See also: coïncidence

English

coincidence (countable and uncountable, plural coincidences)

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.
(mathematical analysis) A coincidence point.
(geometry) A fixed point of a correspondence; a point of a variety corresponding to itself under a correspondence.

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of objects, property of being coincident

state of events appearing to be connected when they are not

Lithuanian: sutapimas m
Macedonian: совпаѓање n (sovpaǵanje), случајност f (slučajnost)
Malay: kebetulan
Maori: oruatanga
Norwegian:
Bokmål: sammentreff n, sammenfall n, tilfeldighet (no) m or f

Nynorsk: samantreff m or n, samanfall
Polish: zbieg okoliczności (pl) m, koincydencja (pl) f
Portuguese: coincidência (pt) f
Russian: совпаде́ние (ru) n (sovpadénije)
Scottish Gaelic: co-thuiteamas m
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: случајност f, коинциденција f
Slovak: náhoda f
Slovene: nakljúčje (sl) n
Spanish: coincidencia (es) f, casualidad (es) f
Turkish: tesadüf (tr), rastlantı (tr)
Ukrainian: збі́жність f (zbížnistʹ)

coincidence point — see coincidence point

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