Lexic.us

Definition of Incidental

1. Adjective. (sometimes followed by 'to') minor or casual or subordinate in significance or nature or occurring as a chance concomitant or consequence. "Confusion incidental to a quick change"

2. Noun. (frequently plural) an expense not budgeted or not specified. "He requested reimbursement of $7 for incidental expenses"

3. Adjective. Not of prime or central importance. "Nonessential to the integral meanings of poetry"

4. Noun. An item that is incidental.

5. Adjective. Following or accompanying as a consequence. "The resultant savings were considerable"

Definition of Incidental

1. a. Happening, as an occasional event, without regularity; coming without design; casual; accidental; hence, not of prime concern; subordinate; collateral; as, an incidental conversation; an incidental occurrence; incidental expenses.

2. n. An incident; that which is incidental; esp., in the plural, an aggregate of subordinate or incidental items not particularized; as, the expense of tuition and incidentals.

Definition of Incidental

1. Adjective. Loosely associated; existing as a byproduct, tangent, or accident. ¹

2. Adjective. Entering or approaching, prior to reflection (more frequently incident). ¹

3. Noun. Incidental expense. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Incidental

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Medical Definition of Incidental

1. 1. Small and relatively unimportant, minor. 2. Accompanying, but not a major part of something. 3. (to something) liable to occur because of something or in connection with something (said of risks, responsibilities) This entry appears with permission from the Dictionary of Cell and Molecular Biology (11 Mar 2008)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Incidental

incidence density incidence function incidence functions incidence matrix incidence rate incidences incidencies incidency incident incident angle

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Literary usage of Incidental

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Works of Jeremy Bentham by Jeremy Bentham, John Bowring (1843)
"incidental is the attribute given to the species of complaint in question, ... For security to all persons, against incidental vexation by judges and other ..."

2. The Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection: Or, The Preservation of by Charles Darwin (1900)
"... removed by domestication—Laws governing the sterility of hybrids—Sterility not a special endowment, but incidental on other differences, not accumulated ..."

3. Elements of International Law by Henry Wheaton (1904)
"It seems that this right draws after it the incidental right of using all the ... The incidental right, like the principal right itself, is imperfect in its ..."

4. The Complete Works of Gustave Flaubert: Embracing Romances, Travels by Gustave Flaubert, Ferdinand Brunetière (1904)
"... Citizen's incidental remarks. In short, they advised the gentlemen who consulted them to draw up a minute of the proceedings; after which they would ..."

5. The Journal of Geography by National Council of Geography Teachers (U.S.) (1906)
"THE FUNDAMENTAL AND THE incidental IN GEOGRAPHY* BY RH WHITBECK, Stair Model School, Trenton, NJ THE subject matter of geography is almost limitless in ..."

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