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incidence

noun as in occurrence

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Science has long shown that the kickoff is the most dangerous play in football, with the highest incidence rate of concussions from the intense collisions.

The incidence of the disorder, which causes a temporary weakness or paralysis in muscles of the face, was not greater than in the general population.

The San Diego Board of Supervisors did this in June, creating a “Mobile Crisis Response Team” of trained mental health providers to respond to nonviolent incidences involving people with mental health issues.

A few weeks after Penn State resumed classes, Centre County, which for five months had largely avoided major spikes, had Pennsylvania’s highest positivity and incidence rates.

When the initial incidences of lead pipes emerged, the records they had for where the piping systems were located were on index cards at the bottom of an administrative building.

For example, studies cited in the report have shown a higher incidence of birth defects for people living near drill sites.

This behaviorally specific questioning method generally results in higher incidence rates than the ones used in the BJS report.

And without a concrete way to measure the incidence of domestic violence, it is purely observational.

Meanwhile, since the 1970s, our yearly sugar consumption has skyrocketed along with the incidence of diabetes and obesity.

This would push food prices up internationally, raising the incidence of hunger, disease and political instability.

That the tax was reasonable in intention, equitable in incidence, and in itself tolerable, few probably will now deny.

Now it is apparent here that the angle of reflexion is made equal to the angle of incidence.

As recently as the nineteenth century, the incidence of disease was a thousandfold greater than it is now.

For the sake of illustration, the stabilizing surface has been given an angle of incidence, and therefore has a lift and C.P.

The main surface towards the wing-tips is given a decreasing angle of incidence and corresponding camber.

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On this page you'll find 17 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to incidence, such as: extent, frequency, percentage, prevalence, proportion, and rate.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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