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.
- Same as
afferent - : noting the nerves which convey impressions from the periphery to the nervous centers.
- 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.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- 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. - 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 .
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?
Anis Shivani: Why American Reviewers Disliked Ian McEwan's "Solar": And What That Says About the Cultural Establishment Anis Shivani 2010
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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?
Anis Shivani: Why American Reviewers Disliked Ian McEwan's "Solar": And What That Says About the Cultural Establishment Anis Shivani 2010
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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?
Anis Shivani: Why American Reviewers Disliked Ian McEwan's "Solar": And What That Says About the Cultural Establishment Anis Shivani 2010
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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.
Man's death in Laurel investigated Washington Post Editors 2010
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This incident is another one where the Republicans step over the line, apologize later and then claim they were misunderstood.
Think Progress » Who Is Randy ‘Baby Killer’ Neugebauer? 2010
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Anyone with information about the incident is asked to call investigator Mark McCaffrey at 703-777-0475.
Loudoun robbery suspect sought J. Freedom du Lac 2010
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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.
Diversity In Action (or ‘inaction’ if you prefer) « POLICE INSPECTOR BLOG Inspector Gadget 2009
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