INCIDENCES

Noun

incidences

plural of incidence

Usage notes

• Since incidence is typically a mass noun, this plural form should be fairly rare. Usually incidents is what's intended.

Source: Wiktionary

INCIDENCE

In"ci*dence, n. Etym: [Cf. F. incidence.]

1. A falling on or upon; an incident; an event. [Obs.] Bp. Hall.

2. (Physics)

Definition: The direction in which a body, or a ray of light or heat, falls on any surface. In equal incidences there is a considerable inequality of refractions. Sir I. Newton. Angle of incidence, the angle which a ray of light, or the line of incidence of a body, falling on any surface, makes with a perpendicular to that surface; also formerly, the complement of this angle.

– Line of incidence, the line in the direction of which a surface is struck by a body, ray of light, and the like.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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