simultaneity

English

Etymology

From simultane(ous) +‎ -ity. By surface analysis, simult(aneous) +‎ -aneity. Compare French simultanéité.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˌsɪməltəˈniːɪti/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• (US) IPA^(key): /ˌsaɪməltəˈniɪti/
• Rhymes: -iːɪti

Noun

simultaneity (countable and uncountable, plural simultaneities)

1. The quality or state of being simultaneous; simultaneousness.
2. (music) More than one complete musical texture occurring at the same time. This first appeared in the music of Charles Ives, and is common in the music of Conlon Nancarrow, and others.

Synonyms

• (state of being simultaneous): concurrentness, synchroneity; see also Thesaurus:simultaneousness

Translations

the quality or state of being simultaneous

• Bulgarian: едновременност (bg) f (ednovremennost)
• Catalan: simultaneïtat f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 同時性 / 同时性 (zh) (tóngshíxìng)

• Danish: samtidighed c
• Dutch: gelijktijdigheid (nl) f
• Esperanto: samtempeco
• Finnish: samanaikaisuus (fi)
• French: simultanéité (fr) f
• Galician: simultaneidade (gl) f
• Georgian: ერთდროულობა (ertdrouloba)
• German: Gleichzeitigkeit (de) f, Simultanität (de) f
• Hungarian: egyidejűség (hu)
• Italian: simultaneità (it) f
• Manx: coghleashaght f, coghleashaghtys m
• Polish: jednoczesność (pl) f, równoczesność (pl) f
• Portuguese: simultaneidade (pt) f
• Romanian: simultaneitate (ro) f
• Russian: одновре́ме́нность (ru) f (odnovréménnostʹ)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: си̏мулта̄но̄ст f, исто̀времено̄ст f, исто̀добно̄ст f

  Latin: sȉmultānōst (sh) f, istòvremenōst (sh) f, istòdobnōst (sh) f

• Spanish: simultaneidad (es) f
• Swedish: samtidighet (sv) c
• Tagalog: pagkakasabay-sabay
• Ukrainian: одноча́сність f (odnočásnistʹ)

simultaneity in music

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 同時性 / 同时性 (zh) (tóngshíxìng)

• Dutch: please add this translation if you can
• Finnish: samanaikaisuus (fi), simultaanisuus (fi)

See also

• simultaneous adj
• simultaneously adv
• pitch simultaneity noun