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Synonyms

simultaneity

American  
[sahy-muhl-tuh-nee-i-tee, sim-uhl-, -nay-] / ˌsaɪ məl təˈni ɪ ti, ˌsɪm əl-, -ˈneɪ- /
Sometimes simultaneousness

noun

  1. the state or quality of existing, occurring, or operating at the same time.

    The simultaneity of the two events was established by checking timestamps on recordings.


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For several years, he has been a persistent and often lonely voice calling for America to get serious about the simultaneity problem.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 6, 2026

The simultaneity of the play’s two levels gets lost in the comic mayhem of Act Two.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 10, 2025

The crowd’s response to this minor miracle of electronic simultaneity is high-spirited and good-natured.

From Washington Post ● Apr. 6, 2023

He frequently shows events from different perspectives or illustrates simultaneity with split screens.

From New York Times ● Sep. 24, 2020

The problems of simultaneity do not apply to sound as they do to light because sound is propagated through some material medium, usually air.

From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan

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