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accidental

adj
/ˌæk.sɪˈdɛn.tl̩/

Etymology

From Middle English accidental, from Anglo-Norman accidentel, Middle French accidentel, accidental, and their source, Late Latin accidēntālis; corresponding to accident + -al.

  1. derived from accidēntālis
  2. derived from accidentel
  3. derived from accidentel
  4. inherited from accidental

Definitions

  1. Pertaining to accident and not essence

    Pertaining to accident and not essence; thus, inessential; incidental; secondary.

  2. Adjusted by one or two semitones, in temporary departure from the key signature.

  3. Occurring sometimes, by chance

    Occurring sometimes, by chance; occasional.

  4. ›+ 6 more definitions

    1. Happening by chance, or unexpectedly

      Happening by chance, or unexpectedly; taking place not according to the usual course of things; by accident, unintentional.

      • The discovery was purely accidental.
      • He was killed by an accidental gunshot.
      • accidental damage

    2. Being a double point with two distinct tangent planes in 4-dimensional projective space.

    3. A property which is not essential

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

      • He conceived it just that accidentals ... should sink with the substance of the accusation.

    4. Those fortuitous effects produced by luminous rays falling on certain objects so that…

      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.

    5. A sharp, flat, or natural, occurring not at the commencement of a piece of music as the…

      A sharp, flat, or natural, occurring not at the commencement of a piece of music as the signature, but before a particular note.

    6. Part of a text that has a mainly structural purpose, such as spelling, punctuation, or…

      Part of a text that has a mainly structural purpose, such as spelling, punctuation, or capitalization.

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Derived

accidental abortion, accidental chord, accidental chords, accidental color, accidental colors, accidental colour, accidental death, accidental gap, accidentalism, accidentalist, accidentality, accidental light, accidental lights, accidentally, accidentalness, accidental point, accidental property, nonaccidental, pseudoaccidental, unaccidental

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at accidental. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

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A definitional loop anchored at accidental. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

8 hops · closes at accidental

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA