contemporaneous Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. adjective satellite occurring in the same period of time
    contemporary.
    • a rise in interest rates is often contemporaneous with an increase in inflation
    • the composer Salieri was contemporary with Mozart
  2. adjective satellite of the same period
    coeval; coetaneous.

WordNet

Con*tem`po*ra"ne*ous adjective
Etymology
L. contemporaneus; con- + tempus time. See Temporal, and cf. Contemporaneous.
Definitions
  1. Living, existing, or occurring at the same time; contemporary.
    The great age of Jewish philosophy, that of Aben Esra, Maimonides, and Kimchi, had been contemporaneous with the later Spanish school of Arabic philosophy. Milman
    - Con*tem`po*ra"ne*ous*ness, n.

Webster 1913