coetaneous
co·e·ta·ne·ous (k
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n
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s)
adj.
Of equal age, duration, or period; coeval.
[From Late Latin coaetneus, a contemporary : Latin co-, co- + Latin aets, age; see aiw- in Indo-European roots.]
coe·tane·ous·ly adv.
coe·tane·ous·ness n.
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| Adj. | 1. | coetaneous – of the same period
synchronal, synchronic, synchronous – occurring or existing at the same time or having the same period or phase; “recovery was synchronous with therapy”- Jour.A.M.A.; “a synchronous set of clocks”; “the synchronous action of a bird’s wings in flight”; “synchronous oscillations”
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