单词 | incidency |
释义 | † incidencyn. Obsolete. 1. An incidental occurrence or circumstance; an incident. ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > occurrence > [noun] > occurrence or event > incident incident1412 incidence1423 incidencya1616 a1616 W. Shakespeare Winter's Tale (1623) i. ii. 403 Declare What incidencie thou do'st ghesse of harme Is creeping toward me. View more context for this quotation 1663 J. Spencer Disc. Prodigies (1665) 171 We have no reason why we should..vouchsafe the honor of a solemn notice to any such little incidencies as these. 1701 J. Norris Ess. Ideal World I. ii. 42 But ordinarily, and out of these singular incidencies..his way of procedure..is to act according to the general and stated laws of motion. 2. a. The quality of being liable to fall to. ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > existence > state or condition > tendency > [noun] > liability incidency1613 liableness1645 incidence1652 liability1809 facility1875 1613 T. Adams White Deuil 53 First the difficulty, to beare the bagge, and not be couetous. Secondly the vsuall incidency of the bagge to the worst men. a1683 B. Whichcote Several Disc. (1703) III. 426 Particular errours and misapprehensions in some things is an incidency to uprightness of heart. b. (with plural) A thing incident or liable to befall or fall to. ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > existence > state or condition > tendency > [noun] > liability > thing liable to fall to incidencya1662 a1662 P. Heylyn Cyprianus Angl. (1671) i. 53 If any other considerations of Profit, Preferment or Compliance, did prevail upon him..they may with charity be looked on as the common incidencies of Humane frailty. 3. Physics. = incidence n. 4. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > impact > [noun] > of (something moving in) a line incidence1626 incidency1646 1646 J. Gregory Notes & Observ. Ep. Ded. sig. A3v Rayes of incidency contract no warmth upon the Earth, unlesse reflected backe upon their originall Sun. 1704 J. Norris Ess. Ideal World II. 245 As a certain subtile matter in its direct incidency is light. 4. The falling of one line upon another, the meeting of lines. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > fact or condition of being transverse > intersection > [noun] overcastinga1398 intersecation1412 intersection1559 interfering1562 decussation1656 transversion1656 intercision1726 incidency1789 meshing1955 1789 J. Morse Amer. Geogr. 346 Four streets intersect each other at right angles..whose incidencies form a spacious parade. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online June 2019). < n.1613 |
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