incident

Từ điển American Heritage Dictionary 4th

in·ci·dent (ĭnʹsĭ-dənt)n.
1. A definite and separate occurrence; an event. See Synonyms at occurrence.
2. A usually minor event or condition that is subordinate to another.
3. Something contingent on or related to something else.
4. An occurrence or event that interrupts normal procedure or precipitates a crisis:
an international incident.adj.
1. Tending to arise or occur as a result or accompaniment: “There is a professional melancholy... incident to the occupation of a tailor” (Charles Lamb).
2. Related to or dependent on another thing.
3. Physics. Falling upon or striking a surface:
incident radiation. [Middle English, from Old French, apt to happen, an incident, from Latin incidēns, incident- present participle of incidere, to happen : in-, on; see in-² + cadere, to fall; See kad- in Indo-European Roots.]