Definitions for Incidence
ˈɪn sɪ dənsin·ci·dence

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. incidence, relative incidencenoun

   the relative frequency of occurrence of something

2. incidencenoun

   the striking of a light beam on a surface

   "he measured the angle of incidence of the reflected light"

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1. Incidencenoun

   The rate or ratio at which something occurs; as, the incidence of murder in Los Angeles; the incidence of cancer in men over 50.

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. incidencenoun

   The act of something happening; occurrence

2. incidencenoun

   The extent, or the relative frequency of something happening

3. incidencenoun

   The striking of radiation or a projectile upon a surface

4. incidencenoun

   A measure of the risk that a person develops a new condition within a specified period of time, usually a year.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Incidence, Incidencynoun

   1.The direction with which one body strikes upon another, and the angle made by that line, and the plane struck upon, is called the angle of incidence. In the occursions of two moving bodies, their incidence is said to be perpendicular or oblique, as their directions or lines of motion make a straight line or an oblique angle at the point of contact. John Quincy

   Etymology: incido, to fall, Latin; incidence, French.

   In mirrours there is the like angle of incidence, from the object to the glass, and from the glass to the eye. Francis Bacon.

   In equal incidences there is a considerable inequality of refractions, whether it be that some of the incident rays are refracted more and others less constantly, or one and the same ray is by refraction disturbed. Isaac Newton, Opt.

   The permanent whiteness argues, that in like incidences of the rays there is no such separation of the emerging rays. Newt.

   He enjoys his happy state most when he communicates it, and receives a more vigorous joy from the reflexion than from the direct incidency of his happiness. John Norris.

   2. [ Incidens, Latin.] Accident; hap; casualty.

   What incidency thou do'st guess of harm declare,
   Is creeping towards me. William Shakespeare, Winter's Tale.

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1. incidence

   Incidence usually refers to the occurrence, rate, or frequency of a phenomenon, event, or circumstance, often in the context of negative or undesirable events such as diseases or crimes. It's used in various fields such as epidemiology, statistics and public health to quantify how many new cases occur during a specific time period in a specified population.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Incidencenoun

   a falling on or upon; an incident; an event

2. Incidencenoun

   the direction in which a body, or a ray of light or heat, falls on any surface

3. Etymology: [Cf. F. incidence.]

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1. Incidence

   Incidence is a measure of the risk of developing some new condition within a specified period of time. Although sometimes loosely expressed simply as the number of new cases during some time period, it is better expressed as a proportion or a rate with a denominator. Incidence proportion is the number of new cases within a specified time period divided by the size of the population initially at risk. For example, if a population initially contains 1,000 non-diseased persons and 28 develop a condition over two years of observation, the incidence proportion is 28 cases per 1,000 persons, i.e. 2.8%.

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1. Incidence

   The number of new cases of a given disease during a given period in a specified population. It also is used for the rate at which new events occur in a defined population. It is differentiated from PREVALENCE, which refers to all cases, new or old, in the population at a given time.

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British National Corpus

1. Nouns Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'Incidence' in Nouns Frequency: #2031

How to pronounce Incidence?

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of Incidence in Chaldean Numerology is: 5

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of Incidence in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3

Examples of Incidence in a Sentence

1. Greg Burke:

   By finding almost no cases after 2002, the Grand Jury's conclusions are consistent with previous studies showing that Catholic Church reforms in United States drastically reduced the incidence of clergy child abuse.

2. Saw Ohn Myint:

   We used to have much higher incidence rates, but we need more training and more equipment to continue to make progress.

3. Devang Sanghavi:

   The only thing I know that I can safely offer long Covid patients is vaccination, when we compare nonvaccinated patients to vaccinated patients and see the incidence of symptoms of long Covid, vaccinated patients have less severe symptoms and less commonly have long Covid.

4. John Bowler:

   The utility of the PARP inhibitors could be much broader than just patients that have a tumor with the BRCA mutation, that becomes relevant when you start thinking about the drugs' role in other tumor types like prostate cancer and breast cancer where the incidence of new patients each year is much greater than in ovarian cancer.

5. Rima Kamal:

   At this point we don't know who is behind the abduction, what are the motives, but we are trying to appeal to those (responsible) to release our colleague, this incidence comes on top of many security incidents we have had, and it is deplorable.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=Incidence
2. ^ GCIDE
   https://gcide.gnu.org.ua/?q=Incidence
3. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Incidence
4. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=Incidence
5. ^ ChatGPT
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6. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Incidence
7. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=Incidence