coeval

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[edit] Etymology

Late Latin coævus from Latin com- “equal” + ævum “age”

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coeval (with)

  1. of the same age; contemporary
    anything coeval with that clock will fetch a hefty price
    the Baralaba Coal Measures are coeval with the Bandana Formation

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Singular
coeval

Plural
coevals

coeval (plural coevals)

  1. something of the same era or age
    the telephone and television are coevals in that film

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