American English pronunciation
How to pronounce incidence
IPA transcription: ['ɪnsədəns]
Pronunciation variants: ['ɪnsədəns]['ɪnsɪdəns]
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Noun
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the relative frequency of occurrence of something
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the striking of a light beam on a surface
“he measured the angle of incidence of the reflected light”
Usage examples
- If I could, I'd write a huge encyclopedia just about the words luck and coincidence.
- Incidence can vary greatly from type-to-type, and from country-to-country.
- If I could, I'd write a huge encyclopedia just about the words luck and coincidence.
- Improved medical and social care may possibly lead to increased incidence of genetic disorders.
- It was a curious coincidence.
- The tax incidence is thus said to fall on the employee.
- The incidence of hemiplegia is much higher in premature babies than term babies.
- Another one produced a series of coincidences among various pairs of American presidents.
- It was a curious coincidence.
- It used a single pentode vacuum tube and could register only twofold coincidences.