- incidence (n.)
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[incidence 词源字典] - early 15c., "incidental matter," from Middle French incidence (15c.), from Late Latin incidentia (see incident (n.)). Meaning "act of coming into contact with" is from 1650s; sense in physics is from 1620s.[incidence etymology, incidence origin, 英语词源]