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Word: Accidental
Speech Type: Adjective
late Middle English (in accidental (sense 2 of the adjective and accidental sense 3 of the adjective)): from late Latin accidentalis, from Latin accident- ‘happening’ (see accident)
ˌaksɪˈdɛntl
happening by chance, unintentionally, or unexpectedly
Short Definition:happening by chance
Examples:- a verdict of accidental death
- the damage might have been accidental
incidental; subsidiary
Short Definition:incidental
Examples:- the location is accidental and contributes nothing to the poem
(in Aristotelian thought) relating to or denoting properties which are not essential to a thing's nature.
Short Definition:relating to properties of thing
Word: Accidental
Speech Type: Noun
ˌaksɪˈdɛntl
a sign indicating a momentary departure from the key signature by raising or lowering a note
Short Definition:sign in written music
Examples:- horn parts are usually written without key signature, the necessary accidentals being added
unusually occurring bird
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