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coincidence
English
Alternative forms
- coïncidence (uncommon)
- coincidency (dated)
Etymology
From French coïncidence.
Morphologically coincide +? -ence.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /k????ns?d?ns/
- (General American) IPA(key): /ko???ns?d?ns/, /k??w?ns?d?ns/
Noun
coincidence (countable and uncountable, plural coincidences)
- Of objects, the property of being coincident; occurring at the same time or place.
- Of events, the appearance of a meaningful connection when there is none.
- (mathematical analysis) A coincidence point.
- (geometry) A fixed point of a correspondence; a point of a variety corresponding to itself under a correspondence.
Synonyms
- (of objects and time): concurrentness, synchronicity; see also Thesaurus:simultaneousness
- (in analysis): coincidence point
Derived terms
Related terms
Translations
coincidence From the web:
- what coincidence mean
- what does coincidence
incidence
English
Etymology
From Middle French incidence, from Medieval Latin incidentia (“a falling upon”), from Latin incidens, present participle of incidere (“to fall upon”), from in (“on”) + cadere (“to fall”).
Pronunciation
- Homophone: incidents
Noun
incidence (countable and uncountable, plural incidences)
- The act of something happening; occurrence.
- The extent or the relative frequency of something happening.
- The manner of falling; bearing or onus, as of a tax that falls unequally.
- (physics) The striking of radiation or a projectile upon a surface.
- (epidemiology) A measure of the rate of new occurrence of a given medical condition in a population within a specified period of time.
- (geometry) The falling of a point on a line, or a line on a plane.
Derived terms
Related terms
Translations
See also
- prevalence
Further reading
- incidence in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- incidence in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
- incidence at OneLook Dictionary Search
Czech
Noun
incidence f
- (epidemiology) incidence
French
Etymology
From Middle French incidence, from Latin incidentia.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /??.si.d??s/
Noun
incidence f (plural incidences)
- impact, effect, consequence
- incidence
Descendants
- ? German: Inzidenz
Further reading
- “incidence” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Middle French
Etymology
From Latin incidentia.
Noun
incidence f (plural incidences)
- incident; event; occurrence
Descendants
- English: incidence
- French: incidence
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