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Incident
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- 1 Arising as the result of an event, inherent. not-comparable
"No major hazards incident to this job."
- 2 Falling on or striking a surface. not-comparable
"The incident light illuminated the surface."
- 3 Coming or happening accidentally; not in the usual course of things; not in connection with the main design; not according to expectation; casual; fortuitous. not-comparable
"As the ordinary course of common affairs is disposed of by general laws, so likewise men's rarer incident necessities and utilities should be with special equity considered."
- 4 Liable to happen; apt to occur; befalling; hence, naturally happening or appertaining. not-comparable
"All chances incident to mans frail life."
- 5 Dependent upon, or appertaining to, another thing, called the principal. not-comparable
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- 6 In a relation of incidence not-comparable
"The second inequality follows from the fact that all the edges incident with a fixed vertex separate [an arbitrary graph] G."
- 1 (sometimes followed by ‘to’) minor or casual or subordinate in significance or nature or occurring as a chance concomitant or consequence wordnet
- 2 falling or striking of light rays on something wordnet
- 1 An event or occurrence. countable, uncountable
"She could not recall the time of the incident."
- 2 a single distinct event wordnet
- 3 A (relatively minor) event that is incidental to, or related to others. countable, uncountable
- 4 a public disturbance wordnet
- 5 An event that causes or may cause an interruption or a crisis, such as a workplace illness or a software error. countable, uncountable
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- 6 An event that causes or may cause an interruption or a crisis, such as a workplace illness or a software error.; An event affecting an aircraft, usually a plane crash. countable, often, uncountable
Etymology
Recorded since 1412, from Middle French incident, from Latin incidens, the present active participle of incidō (“to happen, befall”), itself from in- (“on”) + -cidō, the combining form of cadō (“to fall”).
Recorded since 1412, from Middle French incident, from Latin incidens, the present active participle of incidō (“to happen, befall”), itself from in- (“on”) + -cidō, the combining form of cadō (“to fall”).
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