incidence

noun

The act of something happening; occurrence.

The extent or the relative frequency of something happening.

(epidemiology) A measure of the rate of new occurrence of a given medical condition in a population within a specified period of time.

The manner of falling; bearing or onus, as of a tax that falls unequally.

(physics) The striking of radiation or a projectile upon a surface.

(geometry) The falling of a point on a line, or a line on a plane.

(graph theory) The relation between an edge of a graph and one of the vertices it connects.

Roots

cadocid- · Latin · fall

Synonyms for incidence

prevalencen occurrencen frequencyn raten

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The word incidence breaks down into one root of Latin origin: the root cid-, from Latin cado (“fall”). Explore each root to see other English words built from the same source.