equitemporaneous

adjective

Performed in equal periods of time; contemporaneous.

OriginEnglish temporaneous ← Latin aequi- ← Old Latin aiquos →
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Meanings

adjectiveequitemporaneous (not comparable)
  1. not comparableobsoletePerformed in equal periods of time; contemporaneous.

    1845 Encyclopædia metropolitana […] has observed that the vibrations of a pendulum, though the arches it describes be unequal, are in the sense formerly declared equitemporaneous, &c.

Origin

  1. Proto-Italic*aikʷos?
  2. Old Latinaiquos
  3. Latinaequus
  4. Latinaequi-
  5. Englishequi-
  6. Englishtemporaneous
  7. Englishequitemporaneous

From equi- + temporaneous.

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APA

equitemporaneous. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/equitemporaneous

MLA

“equitemporaneous.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/equitemporaneous. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “equitemporaneous,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/equitemporaneous.

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