adjective
- existing, occurring, or operating at the same time; concurrent: simultaneous movements; simultaneous translation.
adjective
- occurring, existing, or operating at the same time; concurrent
noun
- chess a display in which one player plays a number of opponents at once, walking from board to boardSometimes shortened to: simul
adj.1650s, from Medieval Latin simultaneus, perhaps from simultim “at the same time,” extended from Latin simul “at the same time” (see similar (adj.)), or from simul with ending abstracted from Late Latin spontaneus, where the -t- is organic. Related: Simultaneously.