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coöriginal

UK/ˌkəʊəˈɹɪdʒənəl/US/ˌkoʊəˈɹɪd͡ʒənəl/

coöriginal adjective: existing together ab initio; equiprimordial.

Adjective

coöriginal (not comparable)

  1. Existing together ab initio; equiprimordial.
    • It would doubtless be out of place to enter here into any investigation in regard to the origin of our ideas; but I think it will be apparent, that the notion of continuity is coöriginal with that of personal identity, and therefore, antecedent to argumentation[.]1848, George Clinton Whitlock, Elements of Geometry, Theoretical and Practical, part 1, book 2, § 1, page 63
    • Others again deny the evidence of consciousness to the equipoise of the subject and object as coördinate and coöriginal elements; and as the balance is inclined in favor of the one relative or the other, two opposite schemes of psychology are determined.1859, Sir William Hamilton [lect.] and Henry Longueville Mansel and John Vietch (editors), Lectures on Metaphysics and Logic, volume 1: “Metaphysics”, lecture XVI: “Consciousness, — Violations of Its...
  2. Originating from the same point in space.
    • In operations on lines in space, it is convenient to substitute for some of the given lines other lines, equal, and therefore parallel, to the given ones, but passing through a point in space common to themselves and the other given lines; so that all the lines may be coöriginal.1859 October (pub. 1860 October), John Daniel Runkle (editor), The Mathematical Monthly, volume II, № I, pages 29–31: W.P.G. Bartlett, “The Elements of Quaternions”, part I: “Lines”, § 4

Forms of coöriginal

alternative formco-original
alternative formcooriginal

Origin of coöriginal

From co- + original.

Questions about coöriginal

What does coöriginal mean?
Coöriginal means existing together ab initio; equiprimordial.
What part of speech is coöriginal?
Coöriginal is an adjective.
How do you pronounce coöriginal?
Coöriginal is pronounced /ˌkəʊəˈɹɪdʒənəl/ (UK).

Words near coöriginal in the dictionary

  1. coördinational
  2. coördinations
  3. coördinative
  4. coördinator
  5. coördinators
  6. coöriginal
  7. Coșeiu
  8. Coșești
  9. Coșna
  10. Coșteiu
  11. Coșula

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