Concurrent

Concurrent
Concurrent Con*cur"rent, a. [F. concurrent, L. concurrens, p. pr. of concurrere.] 1. Acting in conjunction; agreeing in the same act or opinion; contributing to the same event or effect; co["o]perating. [1913 Webster]

I join with these laws the personal presence of the kings' son, as a concurrent cause of this reformation. --Sir J. Davies. [1913 Webster]

The concurrent testimony of antiquity. --Bp. Warburton. [1913 Webster]

2. Conjoined; associate; concomitant; existing or happening at the same time. [1913 Webster]

There is no difference the concurrent echo and the iterant but the quickness or slowness of the return. --Bacon. [1913 Webster]

Changes . . . concurrent with the visual changes in the eye. --Tyndall. [1913 Webster]

3. Joint and equal in authority; taking cognizance of similar questions; operating on the same objects; as, the concurrent jurisdiction of courts. [1913 Webster]

4. (Geom.) Meeting in one point.

Syn: Meeting; uniting; accompanying; conjoined; associated; coincident; united. [1913 Webster]


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  • concurrent — con·cur·rent /kən kər ənt/ adj 1: occurring, arising, or operating at the same time often in relationship, conjunction, association, or cooperation the power of taxation in the general and state governments is acknowledged to be concurrent… …   Law dictionary

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