ACCIDENTAL
\ˌaksɪdˈɛntə͡l], \ˌaksɪdˈɛntəl], \ˌa_k_s_ɪ_d_ˈɛ_n_t_əl]\
Definitions of ACCIDENTAL
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
- 1846 - Medical lexicon: a dictionary of medical science
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
- 1790 - A Complete Dictionary of the English Language
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a musical notation that makes a note sharp or flat or natural although that is not part of the key signature
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associated by chance and not an integral part; "poetry is something to which words are the accidental, not by any means the essential form"- Frederick W. Robertson; "they had to decide whether his misconduct was adventitious or the result of a flaw in his character"
By Princeton University
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a musical notation that makes a note sharp or flat or natural although that is not part of the key signature
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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Happening by chance, or unexpectedly; taking place not according to the usual course of things; casual; fortuitous; as, an accidental visit.
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Nonessential; not necessary belonging; incidental; as, are accidental to a play.
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A property which is not essential; a nonessential; anything happening accidentally.
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A sharp, flat, or natural, occurring not at the commencement of a piece of music as the signature, but before a particular note.
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Happening by chance; casual.
By Oddity Software
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Happening by chance, or unexpectedly; taking place not according to the usual course of things; casual; fortuitous; as, an accidental visit.
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Nonessential; not necessary belonging; incidental; as, are accidental to a play.
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A property which is not essential; a nonessential; anything happening accidentally.
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A sharp, flat, or natural, occurring not at the commencement of a piece of music as the signature, but before a particular note.
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Happening by chance; casual.
By Noah Webster.
By Stormonth, James, Phelp, P. H.
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Happening by chance or unexpectedly; casual; connected with, but not necessarily belonging to; incidental.
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That which happens unexpectedly; a sign used in music to lower or raise the note before which it is placed.
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Accidentally.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
By Daniel Lyons
By James Champlin Fernald
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Happening by chance, or unexpectedly; non-essential; not necessarily belonging to. Accidental colours those complementary colours seen on a white or light ground after looking steadily for some time at a bright coloured object.
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A property or quality nonessential; anything accidental.
By Nuttall, P.Austin.
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That which happens unexpectedly. The French give the name Tissue accidentels to those adventitious textures, that are the result of a morbid process.
By Robley Dunglison
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n. Any thing happening accidentally ; a casualty ;—a sharp, flat, or natural, occurring not at the commencement of a piece of music as the signature, but before a particular note
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A property nonessential.
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Having the quality of an accident; nonessential; casual, fortuitous, happening by chance.
By Thomas Sheridan
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