SIMULTANEOUS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does simultaneous mean? 

• SIMULTANEOUS (adjective)
  The adjective SIMULTANEOUS has 1 sense:

1. occurring or operating at the same time

  Familiarity information: SIMULTANEOUS used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SIMULTANEOUS (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Occurring or operating at the same time

Synonyms:

co-occurrent; coincident; coincidental; coinciding; concurrent; cooccurring; simultaneous

Context example:

a series of coincident events

Similar:

synchronal; synchronic; synchronous (occurring or existing at the same time or having the same period or phase)

Derivation:

simultaneity; simultaneousness (happening or existing or done at the same time)

 Context examples 

Each of these isochromosomes constitutes a simultaneous duplication and deletion.

(Isochromosome, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)

The simultaneous, or near simultaneous, transference of heart and lungs from one human or animal to another.

(Heart and Lung Transplantation, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)

This agent may help overcome resistance to inhibition of EGFR and Her2 through a simultaneous, synergistic inhibition of EGFR, Her2, and HDAC.

(HDAC/EGFR/HER2 Inhibitor CUDC-101, NCI Thesaurus)

Simultaneous inflammation of the cornea and conjunctiva.

(Keratoconjunctivitis, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)

A device designed to prevent multiple, simultaneous connections to a system.

(Lockout Mechanism Device Component, NCI Thesaurus)

Simultaneous use of more than one imaging technique.

(Multimodal Imaging, NCI Thesaurus)

Simultaneous resistance to a spectrum of unrelated drugs following exposure to a single agent.

(Multidrug Resistance Process, NCI Thesaurus)

A method for simultaneous detection of multiple target molecules.

(Multi-Analyte Fluorescent Detection, NCI Thesaurus)

This double-transit, which occurs only every two years, provided a combined signal that offered simultaneous indicators of the atmospheric characters of the planets.

(Hubble Telescope Makes First Atmospheric Study of Earth-Sized Exoplanets, NASA)

Carcinoma that affects both breasts in a simultaneous or non-simultaneous manner.

(Bilateral Breast Carcinoma, NCI Thesaurus)