Coincident

In geometry, two points are called coincident when they are actually the same point as each other.[1] The same word has also been used more generally to other forms of incidence or special position between geometric objects.[2]

References

  1. ↑ E.g. see Cormen, Thomas H.; Leiserson, Charles E.; Rivest, Ronald L.; Stein, Clifford (2009) [1990]. Introduction to Algorithms (3rd ed.). MIT Press and McGraw-Hill. ISBN 0-262-03384-4..
  2. ↑ Weisstein, Eric Wolfgang. "Coincident". MathWorld.
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