coeval

pronunciation

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  • Noun:
    a person of nearly the same age as another
  • Adjective:
    of the same period

Word Origin

coeval (adj.)
"having the same age," formed in English early 17c. from Late Latin coaevus, from Latin com- "equal" (see co-) + aevum "an age" (see eon). As a noun from c. 1600.

Example

1. Dr wrangham thus believes that cooking and humanity are coeval .
2. Such an eye was not born when the bird was , but is coeval with the sky it reflects .
3. The capabilities of different triassic marine rock types for preservation of coeval seawater information in the huaying mountain of eastern sichuan .

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