simultaneous
UK/ˌsɪm.əlˈteɪ̯.ni.əs//ˌsaɪ̯.məlˈteɪ̯.ni.əs/
simultaneous adjective: happening at the same moment.
Adjective
simultaneous (not comparable)
- Happening at the same moment.
- As with the Lejeuneaceae, this pattern of massive speciation appears to be correlated with the Cretaceous explosion of the angiosperms and the simultaneous creation of a host of new microenvironments, differing in humidity, light intensity, texture, etc.1992, Rudolf M[athias] Schuster, The Hepaticae and Anthocerotae of North America: East of the Hundredth Meridian, volume V, Chicago, Ill.: Field Museum of Natural History, →ISBN, pages 3-4
- To be solved for the same values of variables.
simultaneous meaning in Tamil, Urdu, Malayalam and Kannada
simultaneous in Tamil
- உடனிகழ்வான, உடன், அதே சமயம் நிகழ்வாகிற, உடன் நிகழ்வான, ஒரே சமயத்தில், ஒரே நேரத்தில்
simultaneous in Urdu
- بیک وقت, ہم زمان
simultaneous in Malayalam
- ഒരേകാലത്തുളള, ഒരേ സമയത്തുതന്നെ സംഭവിക്കുന്ന, സമകാലികമായ, ഏകകാലികമായ, ഒരേ ധാതുവുള്ള
simultaneous in Kannada
- ಒಂದೇ ಸಮಯದಲ್ಲಾದ, ಏಕಕಾಲಿಕ, ಸಮಕಾಲಿಕವಾದ, ಒಡನೆಯ, ಸಹಕಾಲಿಕ, ಒಂದೇ ಹೊತ್ತಿನ
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- simultaneous in Tagalog
- santaknain
- simultaneous in Arabic
- مُتَزَامِن mutazāmin
- simultaneous in Malay
- serentak
- simultaneous in Indonesian
- bersamaan
Examples of simultaneous in a sentence
- However, until recently, simultaneous, multiomic investigation of infecting microbe and holobiont components has rarely been explored.
- Each extra qubit in a quantum machine doubles the number of simultaneous operations it can perform.
- The later twentieth century saw the fortuitous simultaneous rise of two synergistic political and psychological sciences.
Synonyms of simultaneous
- coincident
- coincidental
- concomitant
- concurrent
- homochronous
- isochronous
- synchronal
- synchronical
- synchronous
Antonyms
- sequential
- asynchronous
- metachronous
- antisynchronous
- asynchronic
- heterochronous
- polychronic
- uncoincidental
- unconcurrent
- noncoincident
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Origin of simultaneous
From Medieval Latin simultaneus, from simultim (“at the same time, extended”), from Latin simul (“together, at the same time”); compare similar.
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Questions about simultaneous
- What does simultaneous mean?
- Simultaneous means happening at the same moment.
- What is simultaneous in Tamil?
- Simultaneous in Tamil is உடனிகழ்வான, உடன், அதே சமயம் நிகழ்வாகிற. See Simultaneous meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is simultaneous?
- Simultaneous is an adjective.
- How do you pronounce simultaneous?
- Simultaneous is pronounced /ˌsɪm.əlˈteɪ̯.ni.əs/ (UK).
Words near simultaneous in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: simultaneous (page history and authors); simultaneous (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); simultaneous (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); simultaneous (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); simultaneous (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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