connascence

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The birth of two or more things at the same time; A simultaneous coming into being.
  2. The state of being born into the same family, race, or group; a commonality of heritage or birthright.
  3. The act of growing or developing together.
  4. A relationship between two or more elements of software in which changing one necessitates changing the others in order to maintain overall correctness; a metric for such a relationship.

Pronunciation

/kəˈnæsəns/

Word forms

connascence connascency

Etymology

From con- + nascence. In the software engineering sense introduced by Meilir Page-Jones.

Related words

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