Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A particular occurrence, especially one of minor importance. synonym: occurrence.
- noun An event in a narrative or drama.
- noun A usually violent or disruptive occurrence, especially one that precipitates a larger crisis.
- noun An occurrence that interrupts normal procedure or functioning; a mishap.
- noun Law Something contingent on or related to something else.
- adjective Tending to arise or occur as a result or accompaniment.
- adjective Law Related to or dependent on another thing.
- adjective Physics Falling upon or striking a surface.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Falling or striking upon something, as a ray of light or a projectile; impinging or acting upon anything from without.
- Likely to happen; apt to occur; hence, naturally appertaining; necessarily conjoined.
- Appertaining to or following another thing; conjoined as a subordinate to a principal thing; appurtenant: as, rent is incident to a reversion.
- Subordinate; casual; incidental.
- noun That which falls out or takes place; an occurrence; something which takes place in connection with an event or a series of events of greater importance.
- noun A thing necessarily or frequently depending upon, appertaining to, or legally passing with another that is the principal or more important; a natural or characteristic accompaniment.
- noun In decorative art, the representation of any action, often much conventionalized, but still to be recognized: thus, a frieze may consist of a number of incidents relating collectively some historical event.
- Same as
afferent - : noting the nerves which convey impressions from the periphery to the nervous centers.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun That which falls out or takes place; an event; casualty; occurrence.
- noun That which happens aside from the main design; an accidental or subordinate action or event.
- noun (Law) Something appertaining to, passing with, or depending on, another, called the
principal . - adjective Falling or striking upon, as a ray of light upon a reflecting surface.
- adjective Coming or happening accidentally; not in the usual course of things; not in connection with the main design; not according to expectation; casual; fortuitous.
- adjective Liable to happen; apt to occur; befalling; hence, naturally happening or appertaining.
- adjective (Law) Dependent upon, or appertaining to, another thing, called the
principal . - adjective (Logic) a proposition subordinate to another, and introduced by
who ,which ,whose ,whom , etc.; as, Julius, whose surname was Cæsar, overcame Pompey.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun An
event oroccurrence . - noun A relatively minor event that is
incidental to, or related to others - noun An event that may cause or causes an
interruption or acrisis - noun In safety, an incident of
workplace illness orinjury - adjective Arising as the result of an event,
inherent - adjective physics (of a stream of particles or radiation)
falling on orstriking a surface (e.g. "The incident light illuminated the surface.")
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective (sometimes followed by `to') minor or casual or subordinate in significance or nature or occurring as a chance concomitant or consequence
- noun a public disturbance
- noun a single distinct event
- adjective falling or striking of light rays on something
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
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Examples
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If the materials have been selected to contribute to the main incident and converge toward it, it will follow that _the main incident_ will come last in the story; it
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I've been disgusted with his postings for some time and this incident is the straw that's broken this camel's back.
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In fact, the incident is a big deal because it connects with the whole idea of authority, how much of it is real, how much of it is stolen, and how can we tell the difference?
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In fact, the incident is a big deal because it connects with the whole idea of authority, how much of it is real, how much of it is stolen, and how can we tell the difference?
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In fact, the incident is a big deal because it connects with the whole idea of authority, how much of it is real, how much of it is stolen, and how can we tell the difference?
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Roger Oldham, spokesman for the Southern Baptist Convention, said the incident is a warning to missionaries that they need to follow the laws.
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Anyone with information about the incident is asked to call Detective Norval Cooper at 410-222-3453 or the Anne Arundel County Police Department at 410-222-8610.
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This incident is another one where the Republicans step over the line, apologize later and then claim they were misunderstood.
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Anyone with information about the incident is asked to call investigator Mark McCaffrey at 703-777-0475.
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To me the most distrurbing aspect of this incident is the utter lack of support shown by the mets hierarchy towards their constables.
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