incident /ˈɪnsɪdənt/noun 4adjective 6forms 1 noun4 •a single event at a particular time and place, such as an accident or a fightShe could not recall the time of the incident.It was an incident that he hoped to forget. •A (relatively minor) event that is incidental to, or related to others. •An event that causes or may cause an interruption or a crisis, such as a workplace illness or a software error. •An event affecting an aircraft, usually a plane crash. adjective6 •Arising as the result of an event, inherent.No major hazards incident to this job. •Falling on or striking a surface.The incident light illuminated the surface. •Liable to happen; apt to occur; befalling; hence, naturally happening or appertaining.All chances incident to mans frail life. — 1671 •Dependent upon, or appertaining to, another thing, called the principal. •In a relation of incidenceThe second inequality follows from the fact that all the edges incident with a fixed vertex separate [an arbitrary graph] G. — 2005 •Coming or happening accidentally; not in the usual course of things; not in connection with the main design; not according to expectation; casual; fortuitous.As the ordinary course of common affairs is disposed of by general laws, so likewise men's rarer incident necessities and utilities should be with special equity considered. — 1594 formsincidents
