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   In·ci·dent

   /ˈinsədnt/

   

   noun

   • 1. an event or occurrence: "several amusing incidents" Similar eventoccurrenceoccasionepisodeexperiencehappeningproceedingeventualityaffairbusinessadventureexploitescapadedeedfeatmattercircumstancefactdevelopment
   • ▪ a violent event, such as a fracas or assault: "one person was stabbed in the incident" Similar disturbancefracasmeleecommotionrumpusscenefightskirmishclashbrawlfree-for-allencounterconflictconfrontationaltercationcontretempsdonnybrookbangaranginformal:ructionruckusargy-bargyaftersdated:affray
   • ▪ a hostile clash between forces of rival countries.
   • ▪ a case or instance of something happening: "a single incident of rudeness does not support a finding of contemptuous conduct"
   • ▪ the occurrence of dangerous or exciting things: "the winter passed without incident" Similar excitementadventureexciting experiencesdramadangerperildangerous/perilous experiences

   adjective

   • 1. likely to happen because of; resulting from: "the changes incident to economic development"
   • ▪ attaching to: "the costs properly incident to a suit for foreclosure or redemption"
   • 2. (especially of light or other radiation) falling on or striking something: "when an ion beam is incident on a surface"
   • ▪ relating to incidence: "the incident angle"

   Word Origin late Middle English: via Old French from Latin incident- ‘falling upon, happening to’, from the verb incidere, from in- ‘upon’ + cadere ‘to fall’.

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