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in·ci·dence
\ˈin(t)sədən(t)s also -dən- or -ˌden-\ noun
(-s)
Etymology: Middle English, from Middle French, from Late Latin incidentia, from Latin incident-, incidens + -ia -y
1. now chiefly dialect : incident
2.
a. : an act or the fact or manner of falling upon or affecting : occurrence
< diseases of domestic incidence — Science >
< control of both the incidence of expense and the meeting of expense must lie primarily in the hands of management >
b. : rate, range, or amount of occurrence or influence
< a rising incidence of poverty >
sometimes : the rate of occurrence of new cases of a particular disease in a population being studied — compare prevalence
3. : the falling of a tax upon a person who is unable to shift it onto someone else and who therefore bears the money burden of the tax
< the ultimate incidence of most corporation taxes is on the consumer >
— compare direct tax
4.
a. : the arrival of something (as a projectile or a ray of light) at a surface
b. : angle of incidence 2 |