Origin: Latin suffix -ence
Coincidence has 4 different meanings across 1 category:
an event that might have been arranged although it was really accidental
"It seemed like a coincidence when we both ordered the same rare dish at the new restaurant, though I'm pretty sure they just guessed right."
the quality of occupying the same position or area in space
"he waited for the coincidence of the target and the cross hairs"
the temporal property of two things happening at the same time
"the interval determining the coincidence gate is adjustable"
Of objects, the property of being coincident; occurring at the same time or place.
"The two ancient pillars stand in such precise coincidence that even a slight shift in the ground would cause them to lose their alignment."