Accidens

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    Synonym of accident (“a property, fact, or relation that is the result of chance or is nonessential or nonsubstantive”).

    "An Accidens (or accident) of an individual, genus, or species is any attribute which is possessed by it, and which does not follow from, or form a part of, its comprehension. […] If, on the other hand, an accidens is sometimes present and sometimes absent in an individual, […]"

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accident

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"An Accidens (or accident) of an individual, genus, or species is any attribute which is possessed by it, and which does not follow from, or form a part of, its comprehension. […] If, on the other hand, an accidens is sometimes present and sometimes absent in an individual, […]"

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From Latin [Term?].

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