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WordBand 6.5–8Academic (NAWL)

incidence

/ˈɪnsɪdəns/

An illustration for incidence

noun

the rate that something happens

  • “The angle of incidence equals the angle of reflection.”Tatoeba
  • “According to this figure, the reflection angle equals the incidence angle.”Tatoeba

Sentences from Tatoeba show real usage. A word can have several meanings, so a sentence may use another one.

Source: New Academic Word List (Browne, Culligan & Phillips) (CC BY-SA 4.0); Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR); IPA generated with eSpeak NG (GPL-3.0 (software))

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