incidence

Meaning

1. (countable, uncountable) The act of something happening; occurrence.
2. (countable, uncountable) The extent or the relative frequency of something happening.
3. (countable, uncountable) The manner of falling; bearing or onus, as of a tax that falls unequally.
4. (countable, uncountable) The striking of radiation or a projectile upon a surface.
5. (countable, uncountable) A measure of the rate of new occurrence of a given medical condition in a population within a specified period of time.
6. (countable, uncountable) The falling of a point on a line, or a line on a plane.
7. (countable, uncountable) The relation between an edge of a graph and one of the vertices it connects.

Synonyms

frequency

occurrence

incident

morbidity

rate

sickness rate

relative incidence

chamfer

consequence

effect

encounter

entrance

idea

💡

incidence rate

incidental

injection

intensity

magnitude

meeting

origin

outbreak

percent

range

repercussion

scope

severity

slant

striking angle

tilt

incidence angle

morbidity rate

spring forth

number of cases

disease rate

disease incidence

incident angle

coming upon

incidence of disease

angle of arrival

entrance angle

reference angle

attack angle

action

morbidity ratio

amplitude

angle of attack

angle of fall

angle of incidence

attack

👊

brush

Translations

incidence

incidencia

incidenza

incidência

Einfall

💡

incidència

ενδεχόμενο

Vorkommen

περίπτωση

isabet

σύμπτωση

Auftreten

επίπτωση

πρόσπτωση

Quote

Pronounced as (IPA)

/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”).