Definition of CONTEMPORANEOUS

contemporaneous

Adjective Satellite

  • occurring in the same period of time
    • "a rise in interest rates is often contemporaneous with an increase in inflation"
  • of the same period

Adj

  • Existing or created in the same period of time.

Examples

  • "Look in other contemporaneous works to see whether that idea was common then."

Origin / Etymology

From Latin contemporāneus (“contemporary”), from con- (“with”) + tempus (“time”) + -aneus (“of or pertaining to”) (compare Late Latin temporāneus (“opportune, timely”)).

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