incident
Part of speech: noun
adj
Morphological type: simple
Topics: law
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
sciences
Etymology: Recorded since 1412, from Middle French incident, from Latin incidens, the present active participle of incidō (“to happen, befall”), itself from in- (“on”) + -cidō, the combining form of cadō (“to fall”).
Inflected forms:
form: incidents
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: An event or occurrence.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: She could not recall the time of the incident.
It was an incident that he hoped to forget.
The suspect was released without further incident.
Where else in the world can you pre-order sushi and fondue on some of the trains, travel in family carriages equipped with mini-playgrounds, or use a request stop button at some small stations? Where else can you hear the announcement: "The train at Platform 4 is ten minutes late due to an incident in another country," as I did once at the Swiss station of Spiez?
gloss: A (relatively minor) event that is incidental to, or related to others.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
gloss: An event that causes or may cause an interruption or a crisis, such as a workplace illness or a software error.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
gloss: An event that causes or may cause an interruption or a crisis, such as a workplace illness or a software error.
pos: noun
tags: countable
often
uncountable
gloss: Arising as the result of an event, inherent.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
examples: No major hazards incident to this job.
It is at this juncture that Toder launches into the familiar and troubling topic of monogamy versus non-monogamy. She outwardly expresses no preference for either option, considering each to hold certain consequences incident to it.
gloss: Falling on or striking a surface.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
examples: The incident light illuminated the surface.
gloss: Coming or happening accidentally; not in the usual course of things; not in connection with the main design; not according to expectation; casual; fortuitous.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
examples: As the ordinary course of common affairs is disposed of by general laws, so likewise men's rarer incident necessities and utilities should be with special equity considered.
gloss: Liable to happen; apt to occur; befalling; hence, naturally happening or appertaining.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
examples: All chances incident to mans frail life.
17th century, Richard Milward, "Preface" to Seldeniana
the studies incident to his profession
The Vives, like the strangles, is most incident to young horses, and usually proceeds from the same causes, such as catching cold, being over-heated, or over-worked, about the time of shedding their teeth.
gloss: Dependent upon, or appertaining to, another thing, called the principal.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
gloss: In a relation of incidence
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
examples: The second inequality follows from the fact that all the edges incident with a fixed vertex separate [an arbitrary graph] G.
If there is only one ideal point U and only one ideal line u, then either (i) every point in u is incident with a line in U, or else (ii) no point in u is incident with any line of U.
Derived words: coincident
critical incident stress management
cyberincident
incidency
incidental
incidentless
incident report
incident room
incident ticket system
nonincident
noodle incident
preincident
seroincident
subincident
vaxident
without incident
Translations:
lang: Azerbaijani
word: hadisə
lang: Azerbaijani
word: qəza
lang: Belarusian
word: інцыдэ́нт
roman: incydént
lang: Belarusian
word: здарэ́нне
roman: zdarénnje
lang: Bengali
word: অকু
roman: oku
lang: Bengali
word: অকুআত
roman: okuat
lang: Bulgarian
word: произше́ствие
roman: proizšéstvie
lang: Bulgarian
word: инциде́нт
roman: incidént
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 事件
roman: shìjiàn
lang: Czech
word: incident
lang: Dutch
word: incident
lang: Dutch
word: voorval
lang: Finnish
word: välikohtaus
lang: Finnish
word: vaaratilanne
lang: Finnish
word: häiriötilanne
lang: Finnish
word: selkkaus
lang: Georgian
word: შემთხვევა
roman: šemtxveva
lang: Georgian
word: ინციდენტი
roman: incidenṭi
lang: German
word: Vorfall
lang: German
word: Störfall
lang: German
word: Ereignis
lang: German
word: Zwischenfall
lang: German
word: Affäre
lang: German
word: Fehler
lang: Hebrew
word: תַּקְרִית
roman: takrít
lang: Hindi
word: दुर्घटना
roman: durghaṭnā
lang: Hungarian
word: incidens
lang: Irish
word: eachtra
lang: Italian
word: imprevisto
lang: Italian
word: inconveniente
lang: Italian
word: incidente
lang: Italian
word: anomalia
lang: Japanese
word: 事故
roman: jiko
lang: Japanese
word: 事変
roman: jihen
lang: Khmer
word: ឧប្បត្តិហេតុ
roman: ʼupbat haet
lang: Korean
word: 사건
roman: sageon
lang: Lao
word: ອຸປະຕິເຫດ
roman: ʼu pa ti hēt
lang: Macedonian
word: инциде́нт
roman: incidént
lang: Macedonian
word: не́згода
roman: nézgoda
lang: Persian
word: حادثه
roman: hâdese
lang: Polish
word: incydent
lang: Romanian
word: incident
lang: Romanian
word: deranjament
lang: Russian
word: происше́ствие
roman: proisšéstvije
lang: Russian
word: инциде́нт
roman: incidént
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: инцѝдент
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: нѐзгода
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: incìdent
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: nèzgoda
lang: Slovak
word: incident
lang: Slovene
word: incident
lang: Slovene
word: nezgoda
lang: Spanish
word: insuceso
lang: Swedish
word: incident
lang: Swedish
word: tillbud
lang: Swedish
word: olyckshändelse
lang: Tajik
word: ҳодиса
roman: hodisa
lang: Thai
word: อุบัติเหตุ
roman: ù-bàt-dtì-hèet
lang: Turkish
word: hadise
lang: Turkish
word: kaza
lang: Ukrainian
word: інциде́нт
roman: incydént
lang: Uzbek
word: hodisa