Incidence

[In·ci*dence]

Incidence means the frequency with which something bad occurs. You’ll hear of “incidences of cancer” or “incidences of war." You hope the incidence is decreasing, not increasing.

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A falling on or upon; an incident; an event.

Noun
the striking of a light beam on a surface; "he measured the angle of incidence of the reflected light"

Noun
the relative frequency of occurrence of something


n.
A falling on or upon; an incident; an event.

n.
The direction in which a body, or a ray of light or heat, falls on any surface.


Incidence

In"ci*dence , n. [Cf. F. incidence.] 1. A falling on or upon; an incident; an event. [Obs.] Bp. Hall. 2. (Physics) The direction in which a body, or a ray of light or heat, falls on any surface.
In equal incidences there is a considerable inequality of refractions.
Angle of incidence, the angle which a ray of light, or the line of incidence of a body, falling on any surface, makes with a perpendicular to that surface; also formerly, the complement of this angle. -- Line of incidence, the line in the direction of which a surface is struck by a body, ray of light, and the like.

A falling on or upon; an incident; an event.

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