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Word: Incidence
Speech Type: Noun
late Middle English (denoting a casual or subordinate event): from Old French, or from medieval Latin incidentia, from Latin incidere ‘fall upon, happen to’ (see incident). incidence (sense 1) dates from the early 19th century
ˈɪnsɪd(ə)ns
the occurrence, rate, or frequency of a disease, crime, or other undesirable thing
Short Definition:occurrence, rate, or frequency of disease
Examples:- an increased incidence of cancer
the intersection of a line, or something moving in a straight line, such as a beam of light, with a surface
Short Definition:intersection of line, or something moving in straight line, such as beam of light, with surface
Examples:- the point of incidence of the beam
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