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—coextensively, adv./koh'ik sten"siv/, adj.equal or coincident in space, time, or scope.[1670-80; CO- + EXTENSIVE]
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Coextensive — Co ex*ten sive, a. Equally extensive; having equal extent; as, consciousness and knowledge are coextensive. Sir W. Hamilton. {Co ex*ten sive*ly}, adv. Co ex*ten sive*ness, n. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
coextensive — I adjective agreeing, aligned, analagous, balanced, coequal, coextending, collateral, comparable, concentric, concurrent, congruent, coordinate, correlative, correspondent, corresponding, equable, equal, equal in scope, equal in space, equal in… … Law dictionary
coextensive — 1771, from CO (Cf. co ) + EXTENSIVE (Cf. extensive) … Etymology dictionary
coextensive — [kō΄ik sten′siv] adj. having the same extent in time or space coextensively adv … English World dictionary
coextensive — adjective /ˌkəʊɛkˈstɛnsɪv,ˌkoʊɛkˈstɛnsɪv/ a) Having the same limits or boundaries; sharing the same area. The city and county of San Francisco are coextensive. b) Having the same extension the object or set of objects to which a term refers. See… … Wiktionary
coextensive — Two predicates are coextensive if they apply to exactly the same things … Philosophy dictionary
coextensive — ● coextensif, coextensive adjectif Se dit d un concept susceptible d avoir la même extension qu un autre … Encyclopédie Universelle
coextensive — adjective Date: 1679 having the same spatial or temporal scope or boundaries • coextensively adverb … New Collegiate Dictionary
coextensive — Synonyms and related words: aligned, analogous, coequal, coextending, coincident, coincidental, coinciding, collateral, concurrent, congruent, correspondent, corresponding, coterminous, equal, equidistant, equispaced, equivalent, even, lined up,… … Moby Thesaurus
coextensive — adj. expanding equally, expanding over an equal area … English contemporary dictionary
