Incident

in'sl-dent, a. Falling upon, as a ray of light upon a reflecting surface happening accidentally casual; fortuitous; liable to happen; naturally happening or appertaining. {Law.) Dependent upon, or appertaining to, another thing, called the principal. — n. That which usually falls out or takes place; an event; circumstance; that which happens aside from the main design: an episode or subordinate action. {Law.) Something depending on or pa ing with the principal. [F., an incident, circumstance, fr. L. incidens, -dent is, p. pr. of incidere, to befall, in and cadere, to fall. See Cadence.] — Incidental, a. Happening, as an occasional event, without regularity not nece ary to the chief purpose occasional accidental casual fortuitous contingent. — n. An incident. — Incidentally, adv. Without intention accidentally beside the main design. — In'- -„ cidence, -dens, n. An acc i- *• dent or casualty. {Physics.) Direction in which a body, or a ray of light or heat, falls on any surface. — Angle of incidence. The angle which a ray of light, or body, falling on anypendicularsurface,to makes that surface.with a per- A TB H, angle of ln- Incinerate, in-sin'er-at, To cidtaee C B ±1, burn to ashes. [L. in cine rare, angle of reflection. -atum, fr. L. in and cinis, cineris, ashes.]—Incin'era'- tion, n. Act of, etc. Incipience, Incipient, etc. See under Inception.