incidence

English

Etymology

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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

• Homophone: incidents

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 risk of a person developing a new condition within a specified period of time, usually a year.
6. (geometry) The falling of a point on a line, or a line on a plane.

Derived terms

• angle of incidence
• incidence algebra
• incidence axiom
• incidence function
• incidence geometry
• incidence graph
• nonincidence

 

Translations

The act of something happening; occurrence

• Bulgarian: случване n (slučvane)
• Finnish: tapahtuma (fi)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Hebrew: מקרה (he) m (mikré)

The extent, or the relative frequency of something happening

• Finnish: esiintymistiheys
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Hebrew: מידה (he) f (midá)

The striking of radiation or a projectile upon a surface

• Bulgarian: падане (bg) n (padane)
• Esperanto: alfalo
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Irish: ionsaitheacht f
• Russian: паде́ние (ru) n (padénije)

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.

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Czech

Noun

incidence f

1. (epidemiology) incidence

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French

Etymology

From Middle French incidence, from Latin incidentia.

Pronunciation

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Noun

incidence f (plural incidences)

1. impact, effect, consequence
2. incidence

Further reading

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

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Middle French

Etymology

From Latin incidentia.

Noun

incidence f (plural incidences)

1. incident; event; occurrence

Descendants

• English: incidence
• French: incidence