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As a noun, incidence means the act of something happening.
Meanings of incidence
6 meaningsnoun
The act of something happening; occurrence.
The extent or the relative frequency of something happening.
The manner of falling; bearing or onus, as of a tax that falls unequally.
physicsThe striking of radiation or a projectile upon a surface.
epidemiologyA measure of the rate of new occurrence of a given medical condition in a population within a specified period of time.
geometryThe falling of a point on a line, or a line on a plane.
Meanings from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0).
Synonyms by meaning
noun: the relative frequency of occurrence of something
relative incidence
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