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accidentals

accidentals is the plural of accidental.

Meaning of accidental

Noun

accidental (plural accidentals)

  1. A property which is not essential; a nonessential; anything happening accidentally.
    • He conceived it just that accidentals ... should sink with the substance of the accusation.1662, Fuller, Worthies of England
  2. (plural, plural-only, painting) Those fortuitous effects produced by luminous rays falling on certain objects so that some parts stand forth in abnormal brightness and other parts are cast into a deep shadow.
  3. A sharp, flat, or natural, occurring not at the commencement of a piece of music as the signature, but before a particular note.
  4. Part of a text that has a mainly structural purpose, such as spelling, punctuation, or capitalization.

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Questions about accidentals

What is accidentals the plural of?
Accidentals is the plural of accidental.

Words near accidentals in the dictionary

  1. accidentality
  2. accidentally
  3. accidentally on purpose
  4. accidentally-on-purpose
  5. accidentalness
  6. accidentals
  7. accidentaly
  8. accidentary
  9. accidented
  10. accidentia
  11. accidentily

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