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simultaneous

/ˌsaɪ̯.məlˈteɪ̯.ni.əs/ adjective B2
  1. Happening at the same moment.
  2. To be solved for the same values of variables.
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The old father and Mercédès remained for some time apart, each absorbed in grief; but at length the two poor victims of the same blow raised their eyes, and with a simultaneous burst of feeling rushed into each other’s arms.
The Count of Monte Cristo, p. 33 · C1
The triggers had been wired together, so as to make the simultaneous discharge more destructive.
The Valley of Fear, p. 27 · C1
Then she swayed, lost her balance, stumbled, staggered, and fell, sliding down over the sun-baked roof and crashing off it through the tangle of Virginia creeper beneath--all before the dismayed circle below could give a simultaneous, terrified shriek.
Anne of Green Gables, p. 175 · C1
The curtain rose on the ballet, which was one of those excellent specimens of the Italian school, admirably arranged and put on the stage by Henri, who has established for himself a great reputation throughout Italy for his taste and skill in the choreographic art—one of those masterly productions of grace, method, and elegance in which the whole corps de ballet, from the principal dancers to the humblest supernumerary, are all engaged on the stage at the same time; and a hundred and fifty persons may be seen exhibiting the same attitude, or elevating the same arm or leg with a simultaneous movement, that would lead you to suppose that but one mind, one act of volition, influenced the moving mass.
The Count of Monte Cristo, p. 371 · C1

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