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coterminal

American  
[koh-tur-muhn-uhl] / koʊˈtɜr mən əl /

adjective

  1. completely overlapping in scope or extent; coterminous.

  2. Geometry. (of angles) having the same vertex and sides, but differing by 360° or 2𝜋 in angular measure.

  3. (of a university student) working simultaneously on a bachelor's and a master's degree, to finish both at the same time.

  4. (of a bachelor's degree, a master's degree, or both) being pursued by a student at the same time as another degree, with the same finishing date for both.


Example Sentences

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He received an A.B. in psychology and a coterminal A.M. in sociology at Stanford University in 1980, and earned three Yale degrees in psychology.

From New York Times

When, therefore, the cavalry refused to give themselves up, and the Ubii, whose land was coterminal with the Sugambri and who were at variance with them, invoked his aid, he crossed the river by bridging it.

From Project Gutenberg