incident
noun
[ ˈɪnsɪd(ə)nt ]
• an instance of something happening; an event or occurrence.
• "several amusing incidents"
Similar:
event,
occurrence,
occasion,
episode,
experience,
happening,
proceeding,
eventuality,
affair,
business,
adventure,
exploit,
escapade,
deed,
feat,
matter,
circumstance,
fact,
development,
• a privilege, burden, or right attaching to an office, estate, or other holding.
incident
adjective
• liable to happen because of; resulting from.
• "the changes incident to economic development"
• (especially of light or other radiation) falling on or striking something.
• "when an ion beam is incident on a surface"
Origin:
late Middle English: via Old French from Latin incident- ‘falling upon, happening to’, from the verb incidere, from in- ‘upon’ + cadere ‘to fall’.
