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Meaning
Noun
●
An
event
or occurrence.
●
A (relatively
minor
)
event
that is
incidental
to, or related to others.
●
An
event
that
causes
or may cause an
interruption
or a
crisis
, such as a
workplace
illness
or a
software
error.
Adj
●
Arising as the result of an
event
, inherent.
●
In Physics:
Falling on or
striking
a surface.
●
Coming or
happening
accidentally
; not in the
usual
course
of things; not in
connection
with the main design; not
according to
expectation
;
casual
; fortuitous.
●
Liable to
happen
;
apt
to
occur
;
befalling
; hence,
naturally
happening
or appertaining.
●
In Law:
Dependent upon, or
appertaining
to, another
thing
, called the principal.
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