Contemporaneous
[kən,tempə'reɪnɪəs;kɒn-] or [kən'tɛmpə'renɪəs]
Definition
(adj.) occurring in the same period of time; 'a rise in interest rates is often contemporaneous with an increase in inflation'; 'the composer Salieri was contemporary with Mozart' .
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Definition
(a.) Living, existing, or occurring at the same time; contemporary.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
a. Contemporary.
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Definition
adj. living happening or being at the same time.—n. Contemporanē′ity (geol.) does not imply that two systems were precisely synchronous but merely that each occupies the same relative position in the succession of systems.—adv. Contemporā′neously.—ns. Contemporā′neousness; Contem′porariness.—adj. Contem′porary contemporaneous occupying the same period (with).—n. one who lives at the same time: a rival newspaper or magazine.—v.t. Contem′porise to make contemporary in mind.
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Examples
- Contemporaneous with the Wheeler & Wilson machine were other excellent machines, among which may be mentioned the Singer machine, patented Aug. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- Undaunted by the dicta of contemporaneous science, Mr. Edison attacked the dynamo problem with his accustomed vigor and thoroughness. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- Also contemporaneous with Dalton was the great German chemist, Berzelius, who confirmed and extended the discoveries of Dalton. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
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