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cooriginal

cooriginal is the alternative spelling of coöriginal.

Meaning of coöriginal

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
  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

Questions about cooriginal

What is cooriginal the alternative spelling of?
Cooriginal is the alternative spelling of coöriginal.

Words near cooriginal in the dictionary

  1. coorie
  2. Cooriemungle
  3. coorientable
  4. coorientation
  5. coorientations
  6. cooriginal
  7. Coorong
  8. Coors
  9. coorse
  10. coorses
  11. coort

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