incidence

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English

Etymology

From Middle French incidence, from Medieval Latin incidentia (“a falling upon”), from Latin incidens, present participle of incidere (“to fall upon”), from in (“on”) + cadere (“to fall”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɪn.sɪ.dəns/
• Homophone: incidents (some accents)
• Hyphenation: in‧ci‧dence

Noun

incidence (countable and uncountable, plural incidences)

1. The act of something happening; occurrence.
2. The extent or the relative frequency of something happening.
3. The manner of falling; bearing or onus, as of a tax that falls unequally.
4. (physics) The striking of radiation or a projectile upon a surface.
5. (epidemiology) A measure of the rate of new occurrence of a given medical condition in a population within a specified period of time.
6. (geometry) The falling of a point on a line, or a line on a plane.
7. (graph theory) The relation between an edge of a graph and one of the vertices it connects.

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See also

• prevalence

Further reading

• “incidence”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
• “incidence”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
• “incidence”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.

Czech

Noun

incidence f

1. (epidemiology) incidence

Declension

French

Etymology

From Middle French incidence, from Latin incidentia.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɛ̃.si.dɑ̃s/

Noun

incidence f (plural incidences)

1. impact, effect, consequence
2. incidence

Descendants

• → German: Inzidenz

Further reading

• “incidence”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Middle French

Etymology

From Latin incidentia.

Noun

incidence f (plural incidences)

1. incident; event; occurrence

Descendants

• English: incidence
• French: incidence