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INCIDENT
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A single distinct event
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("incident" is a kind of...):
happening; natural event; occurrence; occurrent (an event that happens)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "incident"):
cause celebre (an incident that attracts great public attention)
contagion; infection; transmission (an incident in which an infectious disease is transmitted)
scene (an incident (real or imaginary))
sideshow (a subordinate incident of little importance relative to the main event)
Holonyms ("incident" is a part of...):
episode (a happening that is distinctive in a series of related events)
Sense 2
Meaning:
A public disturbance
Example:
the police investigated an incident at the bus station
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Hypernyms ("incident" is a kind of...):
commotion; disruption; disturbance; flutter; hoo-ha; hoo-hah; hurly burly; kerfuffle; to-do (a disorderly outburst or tumult)
II. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
(sometimes followed by 'to') minor or casual or subordinate in significance or nature or occurring as a chance concomitant or consequence
Example:
confusion incidental to a quick change
Synonyms:
incident; incidental
Classified under:
Similar:
omissible (capable of being left out)
parenthetic; parenthetical (qualifying or explaining; placed or as if placed in parentheses)
peripheral (related to the key issue but not of central importance)
secondary (depending on or incidental to what is original or primary)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Falling or striking of light rays on something
Example:
incident light
Classified under:
Relational adjectives (pertainyms)
Pertainym:
incidence (the striking of a light beam on a surface)
Derivation:
incidence (the striking of a light beam on a surface)
Context examples:
An instance of something happening, such as an event or incident.
(Occurrence, NCI Thesaurus)
The consideration of unspecified lifestyle factors as variables in disease incident, transmission, and control.
(Lifestyle Factors, Unspecified, NCI Thesaurus)
But François, chuckling at the incident while unswerving in the administration of justice, brought his lash down upon Buck with all his might.
(The Call of the Wild, by Jack London)
The radiation emitted is usually of longer wavelength than that incident or absorbed, e.g., a substance can be irradiated with invisible radiation and emit visible light.
(Fluorescence, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)
The consideration of knowledge, attitude, or behavior as variables in disease processes such as incident, transmission, and control.
(Knowledge, Attitudes, Behaviors, NCI Thesaurus)
Let the whole incident be a sealed book, and do not allow it to affect your life.
(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
"On the contrary," Martin considered, "because the incident is not worthy."
(Martin Eden, by Jack London)
No severe or prolonged bodily illness followed this incident of the red- room; it only gave my nerves a shock of which I feel the reverberation to this day.
(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)
“That was the curious incident,” remarked Sherlock Holmes.
(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
A transistor in which incident light acts as the base activating input.
(Phototransistor Device Component, NCI Thesaurus)
