incidence
The act of something happening; occurrence.
Other meanings
The extent or the relative frequency of something happening.
The manner of falling; bearing or onus, as of a tax that falls unequally.
Synonyms
- relative incidence
Related words
- seroincidence
- angle of incidence
- incidence algebra
- incidence axiom
- incidence function
- incidence geometry
- incidence graph
- incidence matrix
- nonincidence
Word history
From Latin "incidens".
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “incidence” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; related-word lists use Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0, based on Princeton WordNet), published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.