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SIMULTANEOUSLY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does simultaneously mean? 

SIMULTANEOUSLY (adverb)
  The adverb SIMULTANEOUSLY has 1 sense:

1. at the same instantplay

  Familiarity information: SIMULTANEOUSLY used as an adverb is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


SIMULTANEOUSLY (adverb)


Sense 1

Meaning:

At the same instant

Synonyms:

at the same time; simultaneously

Context example:

they spoke simultaneously

Pertainym:

simultaneous (occurring or operating at the same time)


 Context examples 


What we are witnessing is that the stars of a cluster at the beginning of their lives didn’t form altogether simultaneously.

(A Tale of Three Stellar Cities, ESO)

Drop-seq allows thousands of cells and genes to be analyzed simultaneously.

(Every cell has a story to tell in brain injury, National Institutes of Health)

So, how can Ceres' crust be as light as ice in terms of density, but simultaneously much stronger?

(Dawn Finds Possible Ancient Ocean Remnants at Ceres, NASA)

The device is made out of soft materials that are a tenth the diameter of a human hair and can simultaneously deliver drugs and lights.

(Futuristic brain probe allows for wireless control of neurons, NIH)

The researchers found that, just as for vocalized speech, simply imagining making a sound reduced the brain activity that occurred when people simultaneously heard that sound.

(Talking to Ourselves And Voices in Our Heads, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

Echinomycin intercalates into DNA at two locations simultaneously in a sequence-specific fashion, thereby inhibiting DNA replication and RNA synthesis.

(Echinomycin, NCI Thesaurus)

A belt of fog had lifted almost simultaneously with the appearance of the moon.

(Treasure Island, by Robert Louis Stevenson)

This agent induces/restores apoptosis in cancer cells by inhibiting apoptosis suppressors in multiple members of the Bcl-2 family simultaneously.

(Obatoclax, NCI Thesaurus)

A solution intended for intravenous administration simultaneously with an established compatible maintenance infusion drug by a mutual intravenous access.

(Intravenous Piggyback Solution Dosage Form, NCI Thesaurus)

Device problems related to materials that can co-exist simultaneously as part of the device.

(Incompatible Device Material Evaluation Result, Food and Drug Administration)



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