Word of the Day 2.1.09
coeval
co·e·val (k
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v
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adj.
Originating or existing during the same period; lasting through the same era.
n.
One of the same era or period; a contemporary.
[From Late Latin coaevus : co-, co- + aevum, age; see aiw- in Indo-European roots.]
co·eval·ly adv.
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| Noun | 1. | coeval – a person of nearly the same age as another |
| Adj. | 1. | coeval – 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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