Definition of incident

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Incident (a.) Falling or striking upon, as a ray of light upon a reflecting surface..

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Coincident :: Coincident (n.) One of two or more coincident events; a coincidence.
By-speech :: By-speech (n.) An incidental or casual speech, not directly relating to the point..
Unison :: Unison (n.) Sounded alike in pitch; unisonant; unisonous; as, unison passages, in which two or more parts unite in coincident sound..
Present :: Present (a.) Not delayed; immediate; instant; coincident.
Occasion :: Occasion (n.) A falling out, happening, or coming to pass; hence, that which falls out or happens; occurrence; incident..
Occasional :: Occasional (a.) Of or pertaining to an occasion or to occasions; occuring at times, but not constant, regular, or systematic; made or happening as opportunity requires or admits; casual; incidental; as, occasional remarks, or efforts..
Tropical :: Tropical (n.) Of or pertaining to the tropics; characteristic of, or incident to, the tropics; being within the tropics; as, tropical climate; tropical latitudes; tropical heat; tropical diseases..
Eccentric :: Eccentric (a.) Not coincident as to motive or end.
Incoincidence :: Incoincidence (n.) The quality of being incoincident; want of coincidence.
Noncoincident :: Noncoincident (a.) Not coincident.
Formal :: Formal (a.) Done in due form, or with solemnity; according to regular method; not incidental, sudden or irregular; express; as, he gave his formal consent..
Obstetrics :: Obstetrics (n.) The science of midwifery; the art of assisting women in parturition, or in the trouble incident to childbirth..
Story-teller :: Story-teller (n.) One who tells stories; a narrator of anecdotes,incidents, or fictitious tales; as, an amusing story-teller..
Glance :: Glance (n.) An incidental or passing thought or allusion.
Occurrence :: Occurrence (n.) Any incident or event; esp., one which happens without being designed or expected; as, an unusual occurrence, or the ordinary occurrences of life..
Rule :: Rule (v. i.) To lay down and settle a rule or order of court; to decide an incidental point; to enter a rule.
Turn :: Turn (n.) Incidental or opportune deed or office; occasional act of kindness or malice; as, to do one an ill turn..
Equator :: Equator (n.) The great circle of the celestial sphere, coincident with the plane of the earth's equator; -- so called because when the sun is in it, the days and nights are of equal length; hence called also the equinoctial, and on maps, globes, etc., the equinoctial line..
Fluorescence :: Fluorescence (n.) That property which some transparent bodies have of producing at their surface, or within their substance, light different in color from the mass of the material, as when green crystals of fluor spar afford blue reflections. It is due not to the difference in the color of a distinct surface layer, but to the power which the substance has of modifying the light incident upon it. The light emitted by fluorescent substances is in general of lower refrangibility than the incident l
By :: By (a.) Out of the common path; aside; -- used in composition, giving the meaning of something aside, secondary, or incidental, or collateral matter, a thing private or avoiding notice; as, by-line, by-place, by-play, by-street. It was formerly more freely used in composition than it is now; as, by-business, by-concernment, by-design, by-interest, etc..
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