Simultaneous
[,sɪm(ə)l'teɪnɪəs] or [,saɪml'tenɪəs]
Definition
(a.) Existing, happening, or done, at the same time; as, simultaneous events.
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Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Synchronous, concomitant, concurrent
ANT:Inconcurrent, separate, apart, Intermittent, periodic
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Definition
adj. acting existing or happening at the same time: (math.) satisfied by the same values of the variables or unknown quantities—of a set of equations.—ns. Simultanē′ity Simultā′neousness.—adv. Simultā′neously.
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Examples
- Mr. Lake developed an instrument suited to this purpose and one which gave a simultaneous view of the entire horizon. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- The roar of the guns at Waterloo and the click of the first power printing press in London were nearly simultaneous. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- Accordingly I arranged for a simultaneous movement all along the line. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- It is also noted that In 1874 Edison invented a method of simultaneous transmission by induced currents, which has given very satisfactory results in experimental trials. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- There was a simultaneous sigh, which created quite a little gust, as the last hope fled, and the treat was ravished from their longing lips. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- In short, direction is both simultaneous and successive. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- One man will have the whole in his mind before he begins; to another the processes of mind and hand will be simultaneous. Plato. The Republic.
- In the morning a simultaneous movement caused us each to advance. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- The long travel of the carriage back and forth, and the simultaneous twisting and drawing of the yarns, produced threads of great fineness and regularity. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- But the retrograde movement towards the gate had begun--as unreasoningly, perhaps as blindly, as the simultaneous anger. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
- If there were but one string, only one pitch could be sounded at any one time; the additional strings of the violin allow of the simultaneous production of several tones. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- His movement will be simultaneous with yours. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- In 1898 a new type was introduced with a lateral swinging cylinder which permitted the simultaneous ejection of all the empty shells. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- If we was to bind him to any other trade to-morrow, he'd run away simultaneous, your worship,' replied Bumble. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
- One of its most important features is the simultaneous extraction of the shells by an ejector, having a stem sliding through the cylinder. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
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