simultaneous
Etymology
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Etymology
From Medieval Latin simultaneus, from simultim, from Latin simul; compare similar.
Pronunciation- (British) IPA: /ˌsɪm.əlˈteɪ̯.ni.əs/, /ˌsɪm.əlˈteɪ̯.njəs/
- (America) IPA: /ˌsaɪ̯.məlˈteɪ̯.ni.əs/, /ˌsaɪ̯.məlˈteɪ̯.njəs/
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.
- (antonym(s) of “happening at the same moment”): sequential, asynchronous, metachronous
- French: simultané
- German: gleichzeitig, simultan
- Italian: simultaneo, concomitante
- Portuguese: simultâneo
- Russian: одновре́ме́нный
- Spanish: simultáneo
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