accidens
nounEtymology From Latin [Term?].
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Human sciences, Logic, Mathematics, Philosophy, Sciences Synonym of accident (“a property, fact, or relation that is the result of chance or is nonessential or nonsubstantive”).
- An Accidens (or accident) of an individual, genus, or species is any attribute which is possessed by it, and which does not follow from, or form a part of, its comprehension. […] If, on the other hand, an accidens is sometimes present and sometimes absent in an individual, […]1886, Prasanna K. Roy, A Text-book of Deductive Logic: For the Use of Students, page 83:
- But, where there is no apparent reason why the attribute should always be found in the individuals of a class, it is called an Accidens.1896, James Welton, A Manual of Logic, volume 1, page 86: