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Definition of Coextensive
1. Adjective. Being of equal extent or scope or duration.
Definition of Coextensive
1. a. Equally extensive; having equal extent; as, consciousness and knowledge are coextensive.
Definition of Coextensive
1. Adjective. Having the same spatial limits or boundaries; sharing the same area. ¹
2. Adjective. Occurring over the same period of time; contemporaneous. ¹
3. Adjective. (logic) Having the same extension—the object or set of objects to which a term refers. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Coextensive
1. [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Coextensive
Literary usage of Coextensive
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Science of Jurisprudence: A Treatise in which the Growth of Positive Law by Hannis Taylor (1908)
"Territory and jurisdiction coextensive. of Professor Cairns, ... The postulate
is fundamental that territory and jurisdiction are coextensive. ..."
2. Individualism: Four Lectures on the Significance of Consciousness for Social by Warner Fite (1911)
"Even for our empirical psychology it seems that our bodies are not coextensive
with ourselves. Any tool or instrument that we are able to control becomes so ..."
3. Handbook on the Law of Bailments and Carriers by Armistead Mason Dobie (1914)
"SAME—DUTY coextensive WITH THE HOLDING OUT 110. As the common carrier's duty to
carry is coextensive with his holding out, he is not obliged to accept goods ..."
4. Judicial and Statutory Definitions of Words and Phrases by West Publishing Company (1905)
"The uniformity must be coextensive with the territory to which It Is applied.
If a state tax, it must be uniform over all the state. If a county, town, ..."
5. Lawyers' Reports Annotated by Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company (1904)
"It is this: May the legislature, upon subdividing the whole territory of the
state into school districts coextensive with the municipal bounds of the ..."
6. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General by Thomas Spencer Baynes (1888)
"England's business relations are coextensive with the world ; it is a necessity
of her business that she LAW, JOHN (1671-1729), beet known as the originator ..."
7. Manual of the Sherman Law: A Digest of the Law Under the Federal Anti-trust Acts by Everett Nichols Curtis (1915)
"Contract coextensive with Patent Monopoly. " It seems self-evident that a contract
which is only coextensive with the monopoly conferred by letters patent, ..."
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