Incidence vs. Incidents
Incidencenoun
The act of something happening; occurrence.
Incidencenoun
The extent or the relative frequency of something happening.
Incidencenoun
The manner of falling; bearing or onus, as of a tax that falls unequally.
Incidencenoun
(physics) The striking of radiation or a projectile upon a surface.
Incidencenoun
(epidemiology) A measure of the risk of a person developing a new condition within a specified period of time, usually a year.
Incidencenoun
(geometry) The falling of a point on a line, or a line on a plane.
Incidencenoun
A falling on or upon; an incident; an event; an occurrence.
Incidencenoun
The direction in which a body, or a ray of light or heat, falls on any surface.
Incidencenoun
The rate or ratio at which something occurs; as, the incidence of murder in Los Angeles; the incidence of cancer in men over 50.
Incidencenoun
the relative frequency of occurrence of something
Incidencenoun
the striking of a light beam on a surface;
Incidencenoun
the occurrence, rate, or frequency of a disease, crime, or other undesirable thing
Incidencenoun
the way in which the burden of a tax falls upon the population
Incidencenoun
the intersection of a line, or something moving in a straight line, such as a beam of light, with a surface
Incidentsnoun
plural of incident
Incidents
Incidents is a 1987 collection of four essays by Roland Barthes. It was published posthumously by François Wahl, Barthes' literary executor.
