Found 3 items, similar to Incidence.
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English → English (WordNet)
Definition: incidence
incidence
n 1: the relative frequency of occurrence of something [syn:
relative incidence
]
2: the striking of a light beam on a surface;
“he measured the
angle of incidence of the reflected light”
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Incidence
Incidence
\In"ci*dence\, n. [Cf. F. incidence.]
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1. A falling on or upon; an incident; an event; an
occurrence. [Obs.] --Bp. Hall.
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2. (Physics) The direction in which a body, or a ray of light
or heat, falls on any surface.
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In equal incidences there is a considerable
inequality of refractions. --Sir I.
Newton.
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3. The rate or ratio at which something occurs; as, the
incidence of murder in Los Angeles; the incidence of
cancer in men over 50.
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Angle of incidence, the angle which a ray of light, or the
line of incidence of a body, falling on any surface, makes
with a perpendicular to that surface; also formerly, the
complement of this angle.
Line of incidence, the line in the direction of which a
surface is struck by a body, ray of light, and the like.
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