co-occurrence
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an event or situation that happens at the same time as or in connection with another
the temporal property of two things happening at the same time
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"Near-neighbor analysis" can make use of co-occurrence frequencies to correct errors, by noting that certain words are often seen together. citation For example, "Washington, D.C." is generally far more common in English than "Washington DOC".
This same study also indicates that there are high levels of co-occurrence between voyeurism and exhibitionism, finding that 63% of voyeurs also report exhibitionist behavior.
Quantitative typology Quantitative typology deals with the distribution and co-occurrence of structural patterns in the languages of the world.
Ties based on co-occurrence can then be used to construct semantic networks.