incident
adjective/ˈɪnsɪdənt/
/ˈɪnsɪdənt/
(physics)- (of light, radiation, etc.) touching or hitting a surface
- The technology relies on a beam of incident light passing through a prism.
Word Originlate Middle English: via Old French from Latin incident- ‘falling upon, happening to’, from the verb incidere, from in- ‘upon’ + cadere ‘to fall’.Definitions on the go
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