different between irradiation vs incidence

English

Etymology

From Middle French irradiacion, from Latin irradiatioMorphologically irradiate +? -ion

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -e???n

Noun

irradiation (countable and uncountable, plural irradiations)

1. An act of irradiating, or state of being irradiated.
2. (obsolete) illumination; irradiance; brilliance.
3. (obsolete, figuratively) mental light or illumination.
4. (obsolete) The apparent enlargement of a bright object seen upon a dark ground, due to the fact that the portions of the retina around the image are stimulated by the intense light; as when a dark spot on a white ground appears smaller, or a white spot on a dark ground larger, than it really is, especially when a little out of focus.
5. (uncountable) a process of sterilisation whereby radiation is passed through a bag containing food, utensils, etc., to sterilise the contents.

Derived terms

• photoirradiation

Translations

French

Pronunciation

Noun

irradiation f (plural irradiations)

1. irradiation

Further reading

• “irradiation” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Interlingua

Noun

irradiation (plural irradiationes)

1. irradiation

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)

1. The act of something happening; occurrence.
2. The extent or the relative frequency of something happening.
3. The manner of falling; bearing or onus, as of a tax that falls unequally.
4. (physics) The striking of radiation or a projectile upon a surface.
5. (epidemiology) A measure of the rate of new occurrence of a given medical condition in a population within a specified period of time.
6. (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

1. (epidemiology) incidence

French

Etymology

From Middle French incidence, from Latin incidentia.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??.si.d??s/

Noun

incidence f (plural incidences)

1. impact, effect, consequence
2. 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)

1. incident; event; occurrence

Descendants

• English: incidence
• French: incidence