The definition of an incident is something that happens, possibly as a result of something else.
(noun)See incident in Webster's New World College Dictionary
adjective
Origin: OFr < ML < prp. of L incidere, to fall upon < in-, on + cadere, to fall: see case
noun
Origin: ME incydente
See incident in American Heritage Dictionary 4
noun
Origin:
Origin: Middle English
Origin: , from Old French, apt to happen, an incident
Origin: , from Latin incidēns, incident-
Origin: , present participle of incidere, to happen
Origin: : in-, on; see in-2
Origin: + cadere, to fall; see kad- in Indo-European roots
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