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incidental

adj
/ɪnsɪˈdɛntəl//ɪnsɪˈdɛ.ɾ̃əl/US

Etymology

From incident + -al.

Definitions

  1. Loosely associated

    Loosely associated; of limited relevance except indirectly; only accidentally related.

    • That character, though colorful, is incidental to the overall plot.
    • incidental evidence

  2. Existing tangentially, being a byproduct, a tangent, or a likely consequence.

    • Injuries are incidental to contact sports: they're going to happen.

  3. Occurring by chance.

  4. ›+ 3 more definitions

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

    2. Minor items, not further defined. Incidental expense.

      • She's costing us a lot in incidentals.

    3. Something that is incidental.

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Derived

coincidental, incidental expense, incidentally, incidental music, incidentalness, incidentaloma, incidentalome, nonincidental, unincidental

Vish — recursive loop

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

9 hops · closes at incidental

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