Dictionary Definition
simultaneity n : happening or existing or done at
the same time [syn: simultaneousness]
User Contributed Dictionary
English
Noun
- The quality or state of being simultaneous; simultaneousness.
- In the context of "music": In music a simultaneity is more than one complete musical texture occurring at the same time. This first appeared in the music of Charles Ives, and is common in the music of Conlon Nancarrow, and others.
Translations
the quality or state of being simultaneous
- Finnish: samanaikaisuus
- French: simultanéité
- German: Gleichzeitigkeit , Simultanität
- Italian: simultaneità
- Portuguese: simultaneidade
- Russian: одновременность (odnovr'ém'ennost')
- Spanish: simultaneidad
- Swedish: samtidighet
simultaneity in music
See also
- simultaneous adj
- simultaneously adv
- pitch simultaneity noun
Extensive Definition
Simultaneity is the property of two events
happening at the same time
in at least one reference frame.
The noun Simult means a supernatural coincidence, two or more
divinely
inspired events that occur at or near the same period of time
that are related to each other in both noticeable and unnoticeable
characteristics [Latin simul, at the same time; see sem-1 in
Indo-European Roots + English -taneous(as in instantaneous).
- In econometrics, it arises when one or more of the explanatory variables is jointly determined with the dependent variable, typically through an equilibrium mechanism.
- In criminal law, for a criminal violation to be established, it must be shown that there was simultaneity of actus reus and mens rea.
- In mathematics, a system of equations or a set of simultaneous equations share variables; a solution is a set of variable values for which all these equations are satisfied together.
- In music, see: simultaneity (music).
- In modern physics, see: Simultaneous hyperplane or Relativity of simultaneity.
- In marketing, simultaneity is one of the characteristics of a service which differentiates it from a product. It refers to the idea that the production and consumption of a service occur simultaneously, making it impossible to produce and store a service prior to consumption.
- In chess, see Simultaneous exhibition
simultaneity in German: Gleichzeitigkeit
simultaneity in French: Simultané
simultaneity in Dutch: Simultaan
Synonyms, Antonyms and Related Words
accompaniment, accordance, agreement, alliance, association, cahoots, co-occurrence,
co-working, coaction,
coincidence,
collaboration,
collectivity,
collusion, combination, combined
effort, concert,
concerted action, concomitance, concomitancy, concordance, concourse, concurrence, confluence, conjunction, consilience, conspiracy, cooperation, correspondence, immediacy, immediateness, instantaneity, instantaneousness,
junction, momentaneousness,
momentariness,
parallelism,
parasitism, saprophytism, symbiosis, synchronism, synergy, togetherness, union, united action, withness