Definitions for: Contemporaneous


[adj] of the same period
[adj] occurring in the same period of time; "a rise in interest rates is often contemporaneous with an increase in inflation"; "the composer Salieri was contemporary with Mozart"



Webster (1913) Definition: Con*tem`po*ra"ne*ous, a. [L. contemporaneus;
con- + tempus time. See Temporal, and cf.
Contemporaneous.]
Living, existing, or occurring at the same time;
contemporary.

The great age of Jewish philosophy, that of Aben Esra,
Maimonides, and Kimchi, had been contemporaneous with
the later Spanish school of Arabic philosophy. --Milman
-- Con*tem`po*ra"ne*ous*ness, n.

Synonyms: coetaneous, coeval, contemporary, synchronal, synchronic, synchronous

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