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Concomitant

//kənˈkɑːmətənt// adj, noun

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Accompanying; conjoining; attending; concurrent. not-comparable

    "It has therefore pleased our wise Creator to annex to several objects, and to the ideas which we receive from them, as also to several of our thoughts, a concomitant pleasure, […]"

  2. 2
    Of or relating to the grammatical aspect which expresses that a secondary action is occurring simultaneously to the primary action of the statement. not-comparable
Adjective
  1. 1
    occurring with or following as a consequence wordnet
Noun
  1. 1
    Something happening or existing at the same time.

    "The reflection, that but the next day was to transport her far from London, had, in chasing distrust, with its natural concomitants, restraint and reserve, given a sweet and placid composure to her demeanour."

  2. 2
    an event or situation that happens at the same time as or in connection with another wordnet
  3. 3
    An invariant homogeneous polynomial in the coefficients of a form, a covariant variable, and a contravariant variable.

Etymology

Etymology 1

First attested 1607; from Middle French concomitant, from Latin concomitāns, the present participle of concomitor (“I accompany”), from con- (“together”) + comitor (“I accompany”), from comes (“companion”).

Etymology 2

First attested 1607; from Middle French concomitant, from Latin concomitāns, the present participle of concomitor (“I accompany”), from con- (“together”) + comitor (“I accompany”), from comes (“companion”).

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