Co*in"ci*dence (k&osl;*&ibreve;n"s&ibreve;*dens), n. [Cf. F. coïncidence.] 1. The condition of occupying the same place in space; as, the coincidence of circles, surfaces, etc. Bentley.

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

3. Exact correspondence in nature, character, result, circumstances, etc.; concurrence; agreement.

The very concurrence and coincidence of so many evidences . . . carries a great weight.
Sir M. Hale.

Those who discourse . . . of the nature of truth . . . affirm a perfect coincidence between truth and goodness.
South.

• Of objects, the property of being coincident.
  
• The state that occurs when two or more events appear to be connected when there is in fact no causal connection between them.
  
• (analysis) A coincidence point.