incidence

Meaning

Noun

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

Origin

• From Middle French incidence, from Medieval Latin incidentia ("a falling upon"), from Latin incidens, present participle of incidere, from in + cadere.