Incident

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The American HeritageĀ® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. A definite and separate occurrence; an event. See Synonyms at occurrence.
  • n. A usually minor event or condition that is subordinate to another.
  • n. Something contingent on or related to something else.
  • n. An occurrence or event that interrupts normal procedure or precipitates a crisis: an international incident.
  • adj. Tending to arise or occur as a result or accompaniment: "There is a professional melancholy . . . incident to the occupation of a tailorā€ ( Charles Lamb).
  • adj. Related to or dependent on another thing.
  • adj. Physics Falling upon or striking a surface: incident radiation.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. An event or occurrence.
  • n. A relatively minor event that is incidental to, or related to others
  • n. An event that may cause or causes an interruption or a crisis
  • n. In safety, an incident of workplace illness or injury
  • adj. Arising as the result of an event, inherent
  • adj. (of a stream of particles or radiation) falling on or striking a surface (e.g. "The incident light illuminated the surface.")
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adj. Falling or striking upon, as a ray of light upon a reflecting surface.
  • adj. Coming or happening accidentally; not in the usual course of things; not in connection with the main design; not according to expectation; casual; fortuitous.
  • adj. Liable to happen; apt to occur; befalling; hence, naturally happening or appertaining.
  • adj. Dependent upon, or appertaining to, another thing, called the principal.
  • n. That which falls out or takes place; an event; casualty; occurrence.
  • n. That which happens aside from the main design; an accidental or subordinate action or event.
  • n. Something appertaining to, passing with, or depending on, another, called the principal.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • 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.
  • n. 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.
  • n. 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.
  • n. 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.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • adj. (sometimes followed by `to') minor or casual or subordinate in significance or nature or occurring as a chance concomitant or consequence
  • n. a public disturbance
  • n. a single distinct event
  • adj. falling or striking of light rays on something
  • Equivalent
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    disturbance    commotion    hoo-hah    flutter    kerfuffle    hoo-ha    hurly-burly    disruption    to-do   
    Cross Reference
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    casual    fortuitous    befalling    adventure    accident    fact    circumstance    event    contingency    chance   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    coincident   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    event    circumstance    accident    scene    detail    adventure    episode    occurrence    fact    aspect