Meaning

7 senses
  1. (countable, uncountable)The act of something happening; occurrence.

    Auftreten, Vorkommen

    the relative frequency of occurrence of something

  2. (countable, uncountable)The extent or the relative frequency of something happening.

    Auftretenshäufigkeit

    инциде́нтностьincidéntnostʹ

  3. (countable, uncountable)The manner of falling; bearing or onus, as of a tax that falls unequally.

  4. (countable, uncountable)The striking of radiation or a projectile upon a surface.

    паде́ниеpadénije

    the striking of a light beam on a surface

  5. (countable, uncountable)A measure of the rate of new occurrence of a given medical condition in a population within a specified period of time.

    Inzidenz

  6. (countable, uncountable)The falling of a point on a line, or a line on a plane.

  7. (countable, uncountable)The relation between an edge of a graph and one of the vertices it connects.

Examples

8 sentences
  1. The angle of incidence equals the angle of reflection.

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  2. According to this figure, the reflection angle equals the incidence angle.

    ruСогласно этому рисунку, угол отражения равен углу падения.

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  3. Excuse me, sir, but is this an incidence of road rage?

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  4. As a result of the riots, the incidence of looting in wealthy neighborhoods increased.

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  5. The incidence of people travelling on fake or stolen passports is not as rare as people would like to think.

    ruСлучаи, когда люди путешествуют по поддельным или украденным паспортам, не так редки, как люди могут подумать.

    deDer Fall, dass Personen mit gefälschten oder gestohlenen Pässen auf Reisen gehen, ist gar nicht so selten, wie man sich das gemeinhin so vorstellt.

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Translations

3 languages
Русский
By meaning 2
extent, or the relative frequency of something happening:
striking of radiation or a projectile upon a surface:
Deutsch
By meaning 3
act of something happening:
extent, or the relative frequency of something happening:
epidemiology: measure of the rate of new occurrence of a given medical condition:

Origin

From Middle French incidence, from Medieval Latin incidentia (“a falling upon”), from Lati

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”).

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Forms

plural: incidences
Singularincidence
Pluralincidences

regular

Synonyms

1 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

4 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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