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1. Incidence
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2. Incidence
   In epidemiology, the number of cases of disease, infection, or some other event having their onset during a prescribed period of time in relation to the unit of population in which they occur. Incidence measures morbidity or other events as they happen over a period of time. Examples include the num...
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3. Incidence
   How the final burden of taxation is shared out.
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4. incidence
   [n] - the relative frequency of occurrence of something 2. [n] - the striking of a light beam on a surface
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5. Incidence
   Term used to describe how common a condition is over a given period of time.
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6. incidence
   a measure of how often a disease occurs; the number of new cases of a disease among a certain group of people for a certain period of time.
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7. Incidence
   Measures the rate of occurrence of new cases of a disease or disorder.
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8. Incidence
   One of the main ways to measure the frequency of a disease in a particular population - it is the number of new cases that occur during a particular time.
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9. Incidence
   Incidence: The frequency with which something, such as a disease, appears in a particular population or area. In disease epidemiology, the incidence is the number of newly diagnosed cases during a specific time period. The incidence is distinct from the prevalence which refers to the number of cases alive on a certain date.
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10. incidence
    the impact of a ray of light or sound upon a reflecting surface Category: Physics • the angle between the incident air and the chord line(in aircraft wings)or between the incident flow and the blade inlet angle(in turbomachinery blading) Category: Mathematics
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11. Incidence
    In'ci·dence noun [ Confer French incidence .] 1. A falling on or upon; an incident; an event. [ Obsolete] Bp. Hall. 2. (Physics) The direction in which a body, or a ray of light or heat, falls on any surface. ...
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12. incidence
    1. An act or the fact or manner of falling upon or affecting. ... 2. <statistics> Rate, range or amount of occurrence or influence. ... (18 Nov 1997) ...
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13. incidence
    (in´sĭ-dәns) the rate at which a certain event occurs, as the number of new cases of a specific disease occurring during a certain period in a population at risk, in contrast to prevalence.
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14. Incidence
    • (n.) The direction in which a body, or a ray of light or heat, falls on any surface. • (n.) A falling on or upon; an incident; an event.
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15. incidence
    (from the article `mental disorder`) ...is the study of the distribution of disease in different populations. Prevalence denotes the number of cases of a condition present at a ...
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16. incidence
    (from the article `taxation`) The incidence of a tax rests on the person(s) whose real net income is reduced by the tax. It is fundamental that the real burden of taxation does ...
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17. incidence
    1a. an act or the fact or manner of falling upon or affecting. 1b. rate, range, or amount of occurrence or influence.
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18. Incidence
    See tax incidence.
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19. incidence
    Type: Term Pronunciation: in′si-dens Definitions: 1. The number of specified new events, people falling ill with a specified disease, during a specified period in a specified population. 2. In optics, intersection of a ray of light with a surface.
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20. Incidence
    [geometry] In geometry, the relations of incidence are those such as `lies on` between points and lines (as in `point P lies on line L`), and `intersects` (as in `line L1 intersects line L2`, in three-dimensional space). That is, they are the binary relations describing how subsets meet. The...
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21. Incidence
    [epidemiology] Incidence is a measure of the risk of developing some new condition within a specified period of time. Although sometimes loosely expressed simply as the number of new cases during some time period, it is better expressed as a proportion or a rate with a denominator. Incidence...
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22. incidence
    
    • the relative frequency of occurrence of something
    • the striking of a light beam on a surface
    
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23. Incidence
    The frequency with which something, such as a disease, appears in a particular population or area. In disease epidemiology, the incidence is the number of newly diagnosed cases during a specific time period. The incidence is distinct from the prevalence which refers to the number of cases alive on a certain date.
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24. Incidence
    The number of newly diagnosed cases during a specific time period.
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25. Incidence
    The frequency with which something, such as a disease, appears in a particular population or area. In disease epidemiology, the incidence is the number of newly diagnosed cases during a specific time period. The incidence is distinct from the prevalence which refers to the number of cases alive on a certain date.
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