accidental
Pertaining to and not ; thus, inessential; incidental; secondary.
Other meanings
Nonessential to something's inherent nature (especially in Aristotelian thought).
Adjusted by one or two semitones, in temporary departure from the key signature.
Related words
- accidental abortion
- accidental chord
- accidentality
- accidental property
- accidental color
- accidental colour
- accidental gap
- accidental light
- accidental chords
- accidental colors
- accidental death
- accidental lights
Word history
From Latin "accidēntālis".
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