Incidence Definition

ĭnsĭ-dəns
noun
The act, fact, or manner of falling upon or influencing.
Webster's New World
The degree or range of occurrence or effect; extent of influence.
Webster's New World
An individual or particular occurrence or happening; instance or occasion.
Several incidences of the disease in our village.
Webster's New World
Angle of incidence.
American Heritage
Partial coincidence between two figures, as of a line and a point contained in it.
Webster's New World
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Other Word Forms of Incidence

Noun

Singular:
incidence
Plural:
incidences

Origin of Incidence

  • 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”).

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Incidence Sentence Examples

  • Another exception to the incidence of tithes were abbey lands.

  • After the administration of justice he directed his organizing activity, as the circumstances demanded, chiefly towards financial questions - the incidence of taxation in the conquered territories,' and the application of the vast resources which poured into the treasury at Medina.

  • Differences of refractive index produce their greatest dispersive effects when incidence on the refracting surface is nearly tangential.

  • Light from an arc lamp was so directed that only that part reached the spectroscope which fell upon the flame of the burner at grazing incidence, and was thereby refracted.

  • The distinction between a burial ground provided under the Burial Acts and a cemetery provided under the act of 1879 is important in many ways, of which one only need be mentioned here - the expenses under the Burial Acts are paid out of the poor rate, while the expenses under the act of 1879 are paid in an urban district out of the general district rate, the incidence of which differs materially from that of the poor rate, as will be seen hereafter.

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Words Starting With

IININC

Words Ending With

ECENCE

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Words Starting With I and Ending With E

Starts With I & Ends With EStarts With IN & Ends With EStarts With I & Ends With CE

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9 Letter Words9 Letter Words Starting With I9 Letter Words Ending With E