Connascence — Con*nas cence, Connascency Con*nas cen*cy, n. [L. con + nascentia birth, fr. nascens, p. pr. of nasci to be born.] 1. The common birth of two or more at the same tome; production of two or more together. Johnson. [1913 Webster] 2. That which is… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
connascence — noun a) The birth of two or more things at the same time. b) The act of growing together … Wiktionary
Connascency — Connascence Con*nas cence, Connascency Con*nas cen*cy, n. [L. con + nascentia birth, fr. nascens, p. pr. of nasci to be born.] 1. The common birth of two or more at the same tome; production of two or more together. Johnson. [1913 Webster] 2.… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Connascent software components — Two software components are connascent if a change in one would require the other to be modified in order to maintain the overall correctness of the system. Connascence is a way to characterize and reason about certain types of complexity in… … Wikipedia