All 3 Uses of
coincidence
in
The Mark of Athena
- What a coincidence!†
p. 200.1coincidence = a situation where things happened at the same time by chance even though it was unlikely
- It can't be a coincidence we met.†
p. 264.6 *
- That couldn't be a coincidence.†
p. 571.8
Definitions:
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(1)
(coincidence) a situation where two things happened at the same time or in the same way by chance even though it was unlikely
(for example, if two students in the same class met by accident while visiting another country) -
(2)
(meaning too rare to warrant focus) meaning too rare to warrant focus:
Much more rarely coincidence can refer to things coinciding (occurring or operating at the same place or time). For example:- the coincidence of a target and cross hairs
- the coincidence of entangled particles in quantum physics