incident

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incident

1. a relatively insignificant event that might have serious consequences, esp in international politics

2. a public disturbance

3. (esp of a beam of light or particles) arriving at or striking a surface

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No references found			But when the tragic incident occurs between those who are near or dear to one another--if, for example, a brother kills, or intends to kill, a brother, a son his father, a mother her son, a son his mother, or any other deed of the kind is done---these are the situations to be looked for by the poet. The Poetics of Aristotle by Aristotle View in context General events involuntarily group themselves around some particular incident. War and Peace by Tolstoy, Leo View in context But this simple incident for some reason struck everyone as strange. Anna Karenina by Tolstoy, Leo View in context			incenter incentive Incentive Funds incentive operator incentive wage system Inceptisol incertae sedis incertum opus Incest inch inch of mercury inch of water inch stuff Inchbald, Elizabeth Incheon inches of mercury inching inchoate Inchon inchworm incidence incidence angle incidence function incidence matrix incidence plane incident incident field intensity incident light incident power incident response incident wave incidental element Incidental Music INCIN incineration incinerator incipient decay incipient species incircle Incirrata incise incised incised meander incision incisional hernia incisive canal incisive foramen incisive fossa incisor INCL inclination			incidence angle incidence data incidence data incidence data incidence data Incidence Density Ratio incidence function Incidence matrix Incidence of Aggression incidence plane Incidence rate Incidence rate Incidence rate Incidence rate Incidence rate Incidence rate Incidence Rate of Clinical Mastitis incidence rates of squamous cell carcinoma Incidence relation incidence reporting schemes incidence reporting schemes incidence reporting schemes incidence reporting schemes Incidence Reporting Team Incidence/Mortality incidences incidences incidences incidences Incidency incident Incident Action Plan Incident Analysis Group Incident and Emergency Response Team Incident and Injury Free Incident angle Incident angle Incident angle Incident angles Incident angles Incident angles Incident Area Network Incident At Sea Incident Awareness and Assessment Incident Base Reporting System Incident Business Management Handbook Incident Business Practices Working Team Incident Cause Analysis Method Incident Circular Polarization Raman Optical Activity incident classification Incident Command Officer Incident command post Incident Command System Incident Command System for Structural Collapse Incidents Incident Commander Incident Commander Trainee Incident Commander Type 3 Incident Commander Type 5 Incident Communications Emergency Policy and Procedures

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