incident

1. Falling or striking of light rays on something (synset 302999091)
   "incident light"
2. (sometimes followed by `to') minor or casual or subordinate in significance or nature or occurring as a chance concomitant or consequence (synset 301862869)
   "incidental expenses"; "the road will bring other incidental advantages"; "extra duties incidental to the job"; "labor problems incidental to a rapid expansion"; "confusion incidental to a quick change"
   similar to:

   • omissible - capable of being left out
   • parenthetic, parenthetical - qualifying or explaining; placed or as if placed in parentheses
   • peripheral - related to the key issue but not of central importance
   • secondary - depending on or incidental to what is original or primary
   same as: incidental

1. A single distinct event (synset 107322095)
   is a type of: happening, natural event, occurrence, occurrent - an event that happens
   subtypes:

   • cause celebre - an incident that attracts great public attention
   • contagion, infection, transmission - an incident in which an infectious disease is transmitted
   • scene - an incident (real or imaginary)
   • sideshow - a subordinate incident of little importance relative to the main event
   is a part of: episode - a happening that is distinctive in a series of related events
2. A public disturbance (synset 114001480)
   "the police investigated an incident at the bus station"
   is a type of: commotion, disruption, disturbance, flutter, hoo-ha, hoo-hah, hurly burly, kerfuffle, to-do - a disorderly outburst or tumult

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