incidence

noun

/ˈɪnsɪdəns/

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[countable, usually singular] incidence of something (formal) the extent to which something happens or has an effect
- an area with a high incidence of crime
Extra Examples
- The country had the lowest incidence of AIDS cases proportional to its population.
- The lack of vitamins may explain the higher incidence of heart disease.
- There is a greater incidence of cancer in the families of radiation workers.
- the highest recorded incidence of air pollution
Oxford Collocations Dictionary
adjective
- great
- high
- peak
- …
verb + incidence
- have
- show
- increase
- …
incidence + verb
- increase
- decrease
- fall
- …
incidence + noun
- rate
preposition
- incidence among
- incidence in
phrases
- a decrease in the incidence of something
- an increase in the incidence of something
- a variation in the incidence of something
- …
See full entry
[uncountable] (physics) the way in which light meets a surface
- the angle of incidence

Word Originlate Middle English (denoting a casual or subordinate event): from Old French, or from medieval Latin incidentia, from Latin incidere ‘fall upon, happen to’, from in- ‘upon’ + cadere ‘to fall’. Sense (1) dates from the early 19th cent.

单词	incidence
释义	incidence noun /ˈɪnsɪdəns/ /ˈɪnsɪdəns/ jump to other results [countable, usually singular] incidence of something (formal) the extent to which something happens or has an effect an area with a high incidence of crime Extra Examples The country had the lowest incidence of AIDS cases proportional to its population. The lack of vitamins may explain the higher incidence of heart disease. There is a greater incidence of cancer in the families of radiation workers. the highest recorded incidence of air pollution Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective great high peak … verb + incidence have show increase … incidence + verb increase decrease fall … incidence + noun rate preposition incidence among incidence in phrases a decrease in the incidence of something an increase in the incidence of something a variation in the incidence of something … See full entry [uncountable] (physics) the way in which light meets a surface the angle of incidence Word Originlate Middle English (denoting a casual or subordinate event): from Old French, or from medieval Latin incidentia, from Latin incidere ‘fall upon, happen to’, from in- ‘upon’ + cadere ‘to fall’. Sense (1) dates from the early 19th cent.
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