Definitions for incident
ˈɪn sɪ dəntin·ci·dent

Princeton's WordNet(3.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

1. incidentnoun

   a single distinct event

2. incidentadjective

   a public disturbance

   "the police investigated an incident at the bus station"

3. incidentadjective

   falling or striking of light rays on something

   "incident light"

4. incidental, incidentadjective

   (sometimes followed by `to') minor or casual or subordinate in significance or nature or occurring as a chance concomitant or consequence

   "incidental expenses"; "the road will bring other incidental advantages"; "extra duties incidental to the job"; "labor problems incidental to a rapid expansion"; "confusion incidental to a quick change"

Wiktionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. incidentnoun

   An event or occurrence.

2. incidentnoun

   A relatively minor event that is incidental to, or related to others

3. incidentnoun

   An event that may cause or causes an interruption or a crisis

4. incidentnoun

   In safety, an incident of workplace illness or injury

5. incidentadjective

   Arising as the result of an event, inherent

6. incidentadjective

   (of a stream of particles or radiation) falling on or striking a surface (e.g. "The incident light illuminated the surface.")

7. Etymology: Recorded since 1412, from incidens, the present active participle of incido, itself from in- + -cido, the combining form of cado.

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. INCIDENTadjective

   Etymology: incident, Fr. incidens, Latin.

   1. Casual; fortuitous; occasional; happening accidentally; falling in beside the main design; happening beside expectation.

   As the ordinary course of common affairs is disposed of by general laws, so likewise mens rarer incident necessities and utilities should be with special equity considered. Richard Hooker.

   I would note in children not only their articulate answers, but likewise smiles and frowns upon incident occasions. Henry Wotton.

   In a complex proposition the predicate or subject is sometimes made complex by the pronouns who, which, whose, whom, &c. which make another proposition: as, every man, who is pious, shall be saved: Julius, whose surname was Cæsar, overcame Pompey: bodies, which are transparent, have many pores. Here the whole proposition is called the primary or chief, and the additional proposition is called an incident proposition. Isaac Watts.

   2. Happening; apt to happen.

   Constancy is such a stability and firmness of friendship as overlooks all those failures of kindness, that through passion, incident to human nature, a man may be sometimes guilty of. Robert South, Sermons.

2. Incidentnoun

   Something happening beside the main design; casualty.

   Etymology: incident, Fr. from the adjective.

   His wisdom will fall into it as an incident to the point of lawfulness. Francis Bacon, holy War.

   No person, no incident in the play, but must be of use to carry on the main design. John Dryden, Dufresnoy.

Webster Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Incidentadjective

   falling or striking upon, as a ray of light upon a reflecting surface

2. Incidentadjective

   coming or happening accidentally; not in the usual course of things; not in connection with the main design; not according to expectation; casual; fortuitous

3. Incidentadjective

   liable to happen; apt to occur; befalling; hence, naturally happening or appertaining

4. Incidentadjective

   dependent upon, or appertaining to, another thing, called the principal

5. Incidentnoun

   that which falls out or takes place; an event; casualty; occurrence

6. Incidentnoun

   that which happens aside from the main design; an accidental or subordinate action or event

7. Incidentnoun

   something appertaining to, passing with, or depending on, another, called the principal

8. Etymology: [L. incidens, -entis, p. pr. & of incidere to fall into or upon; pref. in- in, on + cadere to fall: cf. F. incident. See Cadence.]

Freebase(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Incident

   L. Ron Hubbard used the term Incident in a specific context for auditing in Scientology and Dianetics: the description of space opera events in our Universe's distant past, involving alien interventions in our past lives. It is a basic belief of Scientology that a human being is actually an immortal spiritual being, termed a thetan, that is presently trapped on planet Earth in a "meat body". The thetan has had innumerable past lives and it is accepted in Scientology that lives antedating the thetan's arrival on Earth lived in extraterrestrial cultures. Although Incidents can literally be any incident that occurs anywhere on the Whole Track, Hubbard's writings dwelled almost exclusively on fanciful ones from Earth's prehistory, because these "key incidents" are crucial to auditing. Many of them first appeared in Hubbard's book What to Audit. In his writings and lectures, Hubbard describes many key Incidents said to have occurred to thetans during the past few trillion years. Generally speaking, these followed a consistent pattern. A hostile alien civilization would capture free thetans and brainwash them with implants designed to confuse them or otherwise render them more amenable to control. Often, instances of implantation are termed Incidents, while the subject of the implants are often termed Goals, although these are not set-in-stone rules. Not all Incidents deal with implants; some are simply unusual and traumatic events said to have happened to thetans millions of years ago. This trauma is said to linger for trillions of years and causes unresolved psychological problems in the present day. According to Hubbard, only Scientology methods can resolve the burdens left by such traumas.

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Incident

   in′si-dent, adj. falling upon: liable to occur: naturally belonging to anything, or following therefrom.—n. that which happens: an event: a subordinate action: an episode.—n. In′cidence, the manner of falling: bearing or onus, as of a tax that falls unequally: the falling of a ray of heat, light, &c. on a body: (geom.) the falling of a point on a line, or a line on a plane.—adj. Incident′al, occurring as a result, concomitant: occasional, casual.—adv. Incident′ally.—n. Incident′alness.—Angle of incidence, the angle at which a ray of light or radiant heat falls upon a surface. [Fr.,—L. incĭdens—in, on, cadĕre, to fall.]

Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. incident

   1. In information operations, an assessed event of attempted entry, unauthorized entry, or an information attack on an automated information system. It includes unauthorized probing and browsing; disruption or denial of service; altered or destroyed input, processing, storage, or output of information; or changes to information system hardware, firmware, or software characteristics with or without the users

Matched Categories

1. • Happening

British National Corpus

1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'incident' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #2752

2. Written Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'incident' in Written Corpus Frequency: #3252

3. Nouns Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'incident' in Nouns Frequency: #891

How to pronounce incident?

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of incident in Chaldean Numerology is: 1

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of incident in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6

Examples of incident in a Sentence

1. Former Iranian lawmaker Elias Hazrati:

   Tehran is simply asking Riyadh to take responsibility, if this incident happened only once we could call it an accident, but this is happening every few years. The Saudis’ mismanagement is the problem of all the Islamic world, not Tehran.

2. Royal Dutch Shell on Thursday:

   There are no drilling activities at Brutus, and this is not a well control incident.

3. Michael Kucharek:

   We are working closely with the FAA, we have been since the report of the first incident, the FAA owns the airspace. We are working with them very closely to ensure the airspace safety.

4. Georgetown Law Dean Bill Treanor:

   I have further reviewed the incident and have now spoken to Professor Sellers and Professor Batson, giving each the opportunity to provide any additional context.

5. Brian Mueller:

   Brothers and sisters please stop avoiding talking about ways racism … makes us uncomfortable. it was terribly wrong, but it is an isolated incident and it does not represent who our faculty is and it does not represent who are students are.

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