zufall (zufälliges und überraschendes zusammentreffen von ereignissen)

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Definition of zufall (zufälliges und überraschendes zusammentreffen von ereignissen) in German English dictionary

coincidence

{n} agreement, concurrence, union

A sequence of events that although accidental seems to have been planned or arranged An occurrence, within a short space of time, of two or more meaningfully related events and without any apparent causal connection between them Coincidences are sometimes bizarre and extraordinarily improbable

the quality of occupying the same position or area in space; "he waited for the coincidence of the target and the cross hairs" an event that might have been arranged although it was really accidental

Of events, the appearance of a meaningful connection when there is none

A coincidence point

{i} chance occurrence, unforeseen event; occurrence of two or more events at the same time; condition of occupying the same place at the same time

Accordance of set value (preset) and actual value (count) Coincidence mode See operating mode

Of objects, the property of being coincident; occurring at the same time or place

A situation where two phases of equal composition coexist in a multicomponent system This is a univariant assemblage in a system of any number of components, even though the number of phases is smaller than expected for a variance of one because of the additional restriction(s) of equal composition In ternary and higher systems there are related sorts of degenerate univariant equilibria such as a collinearity where three phases plot along a line in composition space

Here used to mean an event of any kind, and especially its content, isolated out from the total field by the act of perception: in other words 'coincidence' in its literal or scientific sense ('co-incidence') rather than the colloquial abuse of the term The meaning we derive from a coincidence depends on our interpretation of both its content and its context: this is strongly biased by our choice of analytic or intuitive mode for interpretation

an event that might have been arranged although it was really accidental

The condition or fact of happening at the same time; as, the coincidence of the deaths of John Adams and Thomas Jefferson

A coincidence is when two or more similar or related events occur at the same time by chance and without any planning. Mr. Berry said the timing was a coincidence and that his decision was unrelated to Mr. Roman's departure The premises of Chabert and Sons were situated by the river and, by coincidence, not too far away from where Eric Talbot had met his death

concurrence; agreement

Synonym for 'event': a note that two or more threads of interest are perceived to coincide in space, in time, or in some other way Any meaning to be derived from the coincidence is independent of the coincidence itself; instead, it is dependent on context, and/or on the interpretive model used Dependence on single-mechanism causal models - such as often occurs in 'applied-science' concepts of technology - may lead to a common error to misuse 'coincidence' as a synonym for 'meaningless event' (as in "was that real, or was it just a coincidence?") This is an error because the meaning of the coincidence is outside of the limited context delimited by the causal model: far from being 'meaningless', this may be extremely important, as it often indicates the presence and proximity of Murphy's Law

an apparently chance or unlikely event which creates an unexpected and significant situation, for example when the Cook in the Wilkie Collins story finds herself in the same house as the man who jilted her

The condition of occupying the same place in space; as, the coincidence of circles, surfaces, etc

Function whose output is 1 whenever an even number of inputs are 1

In Gann theory, a projected reversal point

Hyphenation

zu·fall (zufä·lli·ges und ü·ber·rasc·hen·des zu·sam·ment·ref·fen von e·re·ig·nis·sen)