Definitions for incidence

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incidence in·ci·dence

Spelling: [in-si-duh ns]

IPA: /ˈɪn sɪ dəns/

Incidence is a 9 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 14 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 18 points.

You can make 96 anagrams from letters in incidence (ccdeeiinn).

Definitions for incidence

noun

1. the rate or range of occurrence or influence of something, especially of something unwanted:
2. a falling upon, affecting, or befalling; occurrence:
3. Optics, Physics. the striking of a ray of light, beam of electrons, etc., on a surface, or the direction of striking. angle of incidence (def 1).
4. the fact or the manner of being incident.
5. Geometry. partial coincidence of two figures, as of a line and a plane containing it.

Origin of incidence

First recorded in 1375-1425; late Middle English word from Late Latin word incidentia. See incident, -ence

Examples for incidence

And this it does, through the incidence of bargaining and the law of supply and demand.

"Certainly, now it's my turn," piped the Minimum Angle of incidence.

There is much room for improvement in the incidence of taxation.

Meanwhile, since the 1970s, our yearly sugar consumption has skyrocketed along with the incidence of diabetes and obesity.

What about the incidence of penetrating meteors in the mesosphere?

It may then be said to have in effect a less Angle of incidence.

This would push food prices up internationally, raising the incidence of hunger, disease and political instability.

Only with a regime like that will we see their incidence decrease.

Does any Indian believe that we will, come Friday, see even a drop in the incidence of rape?

And without a concrete way to measure the incidence of domestic violence, it is purely observational.