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Definition of simultaneity in English:

simultaneity

Pronunciation /ˌsīməltəˈnēədē/ /ˌsaɪməltəˈniədi/ /ˌsīməltəˈnādē/ /ˌsaɪməltəˈneɪdi/

noun

See simultaneous

‘We are in the epoch of simultaneity: we are in the epoch of juxtaposition, the epoch of the near and far, of the side-by-side, of the dispersed.’
  • ‘The simultaneity of diverse visualities and textualities, presented in these Readers, turns the act of reading into a heuristic navigation of our current physical and virtual reality.’
  • ‘The transitions are mentally demanding, and the frequent use of moving, multiple frames connected by simultaneity and consequence create something different for a comic book movie.’
  • ‘And our country was mired in what the Keynesian economists said could never happen: the simultaneity of inflation and high unemployment.’
  • ‘The very natures of God and men are in question, and the simultaneity of beauty and horror, light and darkness, remains one of Hecht's pressing subjects.’