incident
Definitions
noun
An event or occurrence.
She could not recall the time of the incident.
It was an incident that he hoped to forget.
A (relatively minor) event that is incidental to, or related to others.
An event that causes or may cause an interruption or a crisis, such as a workplace illness or a software error.
An event that causes or may cause an interruption or a crisis, such as a workplace illness or a software error.
adj
Arising as the result of an event, inherent.
No major hazards incident to this job.
It is at this juncture that Toder launches into the familiar and troubling topic of monogamy versus non-monogamy. She outwardly expresses no preference for either option, considering each to hold certain consequences incident to it.
Falling on or striking a surface.
The incident light illuminated the surface.
Coming or happening accidentally; not in the usual course of things; not in connection with the main design; not according to expectation; casual; fortuitous.
As the ordinary course of common affairs is disposed of by general laws, so likewise men's rarer incident necessities and utilities should be with special equity considered.
Liable to happen; apt to occur; befalling; hence, naturally happening or appertaining.
All chances incident to mans frail life.
17th century, Richard Milward, "Preface" to Seldeniana the studies incident to his profession
Dependent upon, or appertaining to, another thing, called the principal.