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incidences

incidences is the plural of incidence.

Meaning of incidence

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. The striking of radiation or a projectile upon a surface.
  5. A measure of the rate of new occurrence of a given medical condition in a population within a specified period of time.
  6. The falling of a point on a line, or a line on a plane.

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Questions about incidences

What is incidences the plural of?
Incidences is the plural of incidence.

Words near incidences in the dictionary

  1. incidence function
  2. incidence functions
  3. incidence matrices
  4. incidence matrix
  5. incidence matrixes
  6. incidences
  7. incidencies
  8. incidency
  9. incident
  10. incident report
  11. incident reports

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