14 November 2014

concomitant

[kon-kom-i-tuh nt, kuh n-]

adjective
1. existing or occurring with something else, often in a lesser way; accompanying; concurrent:
an event and its concomitant circumstances.
noun
2. a concomitant quality, circumstance, or thing.

Origin

Latin
1595-1605; < Latin concomitant- (stem of concomitāns, present participle of concomitārī), equivalent to con- con- + comit- (stem of comes) comes + -ant- -ant

Related forms
concomitantly, adverb

Synonyms
1. associated.

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Examples from the web for concomitant
– And there are powerful reasons for seeking to avoid the destruction of wilderness and the concomitant extinction of species.
– Short-term pain is an inevitable concomitant of structural reform: it is not an excuse for not doing it.
– Within the redevelopment area, many businesses are struggling with falling sales concomitant with a district in decline.

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Today’s quote

Did they get you to trade
Your heroes for ghosts
Hot ashes for trees
Hot air for a cool breeze
Cold comfort for change
Did you exchange
A walk on part in the war
For a lead role in a cage

– Pink Floyd, Wish You Were Here

On this day

14 November 1868 – birth of Steele Rudd, Australian author, (pen-name for Arthur Hoey Davis). Wrote ‘On Our Selection‘, which introduced Australia to ‘Dad and Dave’. Died 11 October 1935.

14 November 2012 – Total solar eclipse visible from Cairns, North Queensland, Australia. Other areas saw a partial eclipse. The last total eclipse for Cairns was in 710AD, with the next one not expected for another 225 years.