Concurrent

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

·adj Meeting in one point.

II. Concurrent ·noun One who, or that which, concurs; a joint or contributory cause.

III. Concurrent ·adj Conjoined; associate; concomitant; existing or happening at the same time.

IV. Concurrent ·noun One pursuing the same course, or seeking the same objects; hence, a rival; an Opponent.

V. Concurrent ·adj Acting in conjunction; agreeing in the same act or opinion; contributing to the same event or effect; cooperating.

VI. Concurrent ·adj Joint and equal in authority; taking cognizance of similar questions; operating on the same objects; as, the concurrent jurisdiction of courts.

VII. Concurrent ·noun One of the supernumerary days of the year over fifty-two complete weeks;

— so called because they concur with the solar cycle, the course of which they follow.