coeval

(kō-ē'vəl)
adj.
Originating or existing during the same period; lasting through the same era.

n.
One of the same era or period; a contemporary.

[From Late Latin coaevus : co-, co- + aevum, age.]

coevally co·e'val·ly adv.

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adjective

Belonging to the same period of time as another: coetaneous, coexistent, concurrent, contemporaneous, contemporary, synchronic, synchronous. See time.

noun

One of the same time or age as another: contemporary. See time.

IN BRIEF: Being of the same age or duration.

They tried to find a coeval building of the one that collapsed so they could copy it.

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• Relative Time - coeval: (adj) of the same age

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