Definition of Concomitant

1. Noun. An event or situation that happens at the same time as or in connection with another.

Exact synonyms: Accompaniment, Attendant, Co-occurrence
Generic synonyms: Happening, Natural Event, Occurrence, Occurrent
Specialized synonyms: Associate, Background
Derivative terms: Accompany, Attendant, Co-occurrent, Cooccur

2. Adjective. Following or accompanying as a consequence. "The resultant savings were considerable"

Definition of Concomitant

1. a. Accompanying; conjoined; attending.

2. n. One who, or that which, accompanies, or is collaterally connected with another; a companion; an associate; an accompaniment.

Definition of Concomitant

1. Adjective. Happening at the same time as something else, especially because one thing is related to or causes the other, i.e. concurrent. ¹

2. Noun. Something happening or existing at the same time. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Concomitant

1. [n -S]

Medical Definition of Concomitant

1. Accompanying, accessory, joined with another. Origin: L. Concomitans This entry appears with permission from the Dictionary of Cell and Molecular Biology (11 Mar 2008)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Concomitant

concocters
concocting
concoction
concoctions
concoctive
concoctor
concoctors
concocts
concolor
concolorate
concolorous
concolourous
concomitance
concomitances
concomitancy
concomitant (current term)
concomitant immunity
concomitant strabismus
concomitant symptom
concomitantly
concomitants
concomitate
concomitated
concomitates
concomitating
concordable
concordal
concordance
concordance rate
concordancer

Literary usage of Concomitant

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Proceedings of the London Mathematical Society by London Mathematical Society (1898)
"jX='2; the single concomitant is F2. It thus appears that, in the fourth degree, there is no new irreducible concomitant ; and there is thus suggested the ..."

2. Diseases of the eye by George Edmund De Schweinitz (1902)
"Varieties of concomitant Strabismus—The chief deviations of squinting eyes, as already given, ... concomitant squint may be periodic or constant. ..."

3. Inductive Logic by John Grier Hibben (1896)
"CHAPTER X THE METHOD OF concomitant VARIATIONS THE method of concomitant variations is a process of determining a causal relation when, as an element in an ..."

4. A Treatise on the Theory of Invariants by Oliver Edmunds Glenn (1915)
"HOMOGENEITY OF A BINARY concomitant I. Homogeneity. ... A concomitant of / is an (m+ l)-ary-binary function of degree-order (i, o>). ..."

5. Methodologies for Predicting the Service Lives of Coating Systems by Jonathan W. Martin (1998)
"Thus, the type of solvent is an important concomitant variable for this coating ... Techniques for identifying concomitant variables and establishing a ..."

6. History of the American Pianoforte: Its Technical Development, and the Trade by Daniel Spillane (1890)
"IN line with the special manufacture of actions, keys, and other concomitant parts of the piano, came the manufacture of iron plates as a distinct branch, ..."

7. The Principles of Judicial Proof: As Given by Logic, Psychology, and General by John Henry Wigmore (1913)
"1 A fact having a concomitant indication is one which is thought of as being in existence at the time of and in connection with the act to be proved ..."

8. Principles of Secondary Education by Alexander James Inglis (1918)
"For convenience this may be called a Theory of concomitant Development. A diagrammatic presentation may illustrate more clearly the difference between the ..."

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