Definition of Accidental

1. Noun. A musical notation that makes a note sharp or flat or natural although that is not part of the key signature.

Generic synonyms: Musical Notation

2. Adjective. Happening by chance or unexpectedly or unintentionally. "An accidental shooting"
Exact synonyms: Inadvertent
Similar to: Unintended
Derivative terms: Accident, Inadvertence, Inadvertency

Definition of Accidental

1. a. Happening by chance, or unexpectedly; taking place not according to the usual course of things; casual; fortuitous; as, an accidental visit.

2. n. A property which is not essential; a nonessential; anything happening accidentally.

Definition of Accidental

1. Adjective. Happening by chance, or unexpectedly; taking place not according to the usual course of things; casual; fortuitous ¹

2. Adjective. Nonessential; not necessary belonging; incidental ¹

3. Adjective. (context: music) Foreign to the key signature or a proper harmony. ¹

4. Noun. A property which is not essential; a nonessential; anything happening accidentally. ¹

5. Noun. (context: painting pluralonly) Those fortuitous effects produced by luminous rays falling on certain objects so that some parts stand forth in abnormal brightness and other parts are cast into a deep shadow. ¹

6. Noun. (context: music) A sharp, flat, or natural, occurring not at the commencement of a piece of music as the signature, but before a particular note. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Accidental

1. [n -S]

Medical Definition of Accidental

1. Something that happens unexpectedly or by chance. (18 Nov 1997)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Accidental

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acciaccature
accidence
accidences
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accident-blackspot
accident-prone
accident and emergency
accident blackspot
accident blackspots
accident neurosis
accident of birth
accident proneness
accident surgery
accident waiting to happen
accidental (current term)
accidental abortion
accidental falls
accidental host
accidental hypothermia
accidental image
accidental injury
accidental murmur
accidental point
accidental symptom
accidentalism
accidentalist
accidentalists
accidentality
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