incident

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Synonyms: inscient, incipient, indigent, ancient, accident, coincident, incidence, incitant, indent, occident, incidents

Antonyms: inscient, incipient, indigent, ancient, accident, coincident, incidence, incitant, indent, occident, incidents

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Noun

1. {{lb|en|countable|uncountable}} An [[event]] or [[occurrence]].
2. A (relatively minor) event that is [[incidental]] to, or related to others.
3. An event that causes or may cause an [[interruption]] or a [[crisis]], such as a [[workplace]] [[illness]] or a [[software]] [[error]].

Adjective

1. Arising as the result of an event, [[inherent]].
2. {{lb|en|physics|of a stream of particles or radiation}} [[fall|Falling]] on or [[strike|striking]] a surface.
3. Coming or happening [[accidentally]]; not in the usual course of things; not in connection with the main design; not according to expectation; [[casual]]; [[fortuitous]].
4. [[liable|Liable]] to happen; [[apt]] to occur; befalling; hence, naturally happening or [[appertain]]ing.
5. {{lb|en|legal}} [[dependent|Dependent]] upon, or appertaining to, another thing, called the [[principal]].
6. {{lb|en|mathematics}} In a relation of [[incidence]]

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