incidence
noun/ˈɪn.sɪ.dəns/
Etymology 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”).
7 senses
- 1The act of something happening; occurrence.
- 2The extent or the relative frequency of something happening.
- 3The manner of falling; bearing or onus, as of a tax that…
- 4The striking of radiation or a projectile upon a surface.
- 5A measure of the rate of new occurrence of a given…
- 6The falling of a point on a line, or a line on a plane.
- 7The relation between an edge of a graph and one of the…
The act of something happening; occurrence.
The extent or the relative frequency of something happening.
The manner of falling; bearing or onus, as of a tax that falls unequally.
Natural sciences, Physical sciences, Physics The striking of radiation or a projectile upon a surface.
Epidemiology, Medicine, Sciences A measure of the rate of new occurrence of a given medical condition in a population within a specified period of time.
Geometry, Mathematics, Sciences The falling of a point on a line, or a line on a plane.
Graph theory, Mathematics, Sciences The relation between an edge of a graph and one of the vertices it connects.
- Derived terms
- angle of incidence, incidence algebra, incidence axiom, incidence function, incidence geometry, incidence graph, incidence matrix, nonincidence, seroincidence