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 incidence ['ɪnsədn.s]   添加此单词到默认生词本
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[医] 入射, 发生率, 发生数




    incidence
    [ noun ]
    1. the relative frequency of occurrence of something

    2. <noun.linkdef>
    3. the striking of a light beam on a surface

    4. <noun.phenomenon>
      he measured the angle of incidence of the reflected light


    Incidence \In"ci*dence\, n. [Cf. F. incidence.]
    1. A falling on or upon; an incident; an event; an
    occurrence. [Obs.] --Bp. Hall.

    2. (Physics) The direction in which a body, or a ray of light
    or heat, falls on any surface.

    In equal incidences there is a considerable
    inequality of refractions. --Sir I.
    Newton.

    3. The rate or ratio at which something occurs; as, the
    incidence of murder in Los Angeles; the incidence of
    cancer in men over 50.
    [PJC]

    {Angle of incidence}, the angle which a ray of light, or the
    line of incidence of a body, falling on any surface, makes
    with a perpendicular to that surface; also formerly, the
    complement of this angle.

    {Line of incidence}, the line in the direction of which a
    surface is struck by a body, ray of light, and the like.

    Angle \An"gle\ ([a^][ng]"g'l), n. [F. angle, L. angulus angle,
    corner; akin to uncus hook, Gr. 'agky`los bent, crooked,
    angular, 'a`gkos a bend or hollow, AS. angel hook, fish-hook,
    G. angel, and F. anchor.]
    1. The inclosed space near the point where two lines meet; a
    corner; a nook.

    Into the utmost angle of the world. --Spenser.

    To search the tenderest angles of the heart.
    --Milton.

    2. (Geom.)
    (a) The figure made by. two lines which meet.
    (b) The difference of direction of two lines. In the lines
    meet, the point of meeting is the vertex of the angle.

    3. A projecting or sharp corner; an angular fragment.

    Though but an angle reached him of the stone.
    --Dryden.

    4. (Astrol.) A name given to four of the twelve astrological
    ``houses.'' [Obs.] --Chaucer.

    5. [AS. angel.] A fishhook; tackle for catching fish,
    consisting of a line, hook, and bait, with or without a
    rod.

    Give me mine angle: we 'll to the river there.
    --Shak.

    A fisher next his trembling angle bears. --Pope.

    {Acute angle}, one less than a right angle, or less than
    90[deg].

    {Adjacent} or {Contiguous angles}, such as have one leg
    common to both angles.

    {Alternate angles}. See {Alternate}.

    {Angle bar}.
    (a) (Carp.) An upright bar at the angle where two faces of
    a polygonal or bay window meet. --Knight.
    (b) (Mach.) Same as {Angle iron}.

    {Angle bead} (Arch.), a bead worked on or fixed to the angle
    of any architectural work, esp. for protecting an angle of
    a wall.

    {Angle brace}, {Angle tie} (Carp.), a brace across an
    interior angle of a wooden frame, forming the hypothenuse
    and securing the two side pieces together. --Knight.

    {Angle iron} (Mach.), a rolled bar or plate of iron having
    one or more angles, used for forming the corners, or
    connecting or sustaining the sides of an iron structure to
    which it is riveted.

    {Angle leaf} (Arch.), a detail in the form of a leaf, more or
    less conventionalized, used to decorate and sometimes to
    strengthen an angle.

    {Angle meter}, an instrument for measuring angles, esp. for
    ascertaining the dip of strata.

    {Angle shaft} (Arch.), an enriched angle bead, often having a
    capital or base, or both.

    {Curvilineal angle}, one formed by two curved lines.

    {External angles}, angles formed by the sides of any
    right-lined figure, when the sides are produced or
    lengthened.

    {Facial angle}. See under {Facial}.

    {Internal angles}, those which are within any right-lined
    figure.

    {Mixtilineal angle}, one formed by a right line with a curved
    line.

    {Oblique angle}, one acute or obtuse, in opposition to a
    right angle.

    {Obtuse angle}, one greater than a right angle, or more than
    90[deg].

    {Optic angle}. See under {Optic}.

    {Rectilineal} or {Right-lined angle}, one formed by two right
    lines.

    {Right angle}, one formed by a right line falling on another
    perpendicularly, or an angle of 90[deg] (measured by a
    quarter circle).

    {Solid angle}, the figure formed by the meeting of three or
    more plane angles at one point.

    {Spherical angle}, one made by the meeting of two arcs of
    great circles, which mutually cut one another on the
    surface of a globe or sphere.

    {Visual angle}, the angle formed by two rays of light, or two
    straight lines drawn from the extreme points of an object
    to the center of the eye.

    {For Angles of commutation}, {draught}, {incidence},
    {reflection}, {refraction}, {position}, {repose}, {fraction},
    see {Commutation}, {Draught}, {Incidence}, {Reflection},
    {Refraction}, etc.

    1. The likelihood of cancer increases with old age, and as people live longer the incidence of cancer increases.
    2. At 8th and M, in the city with the fifth-highest incidence of AIDS in the U.S., the disease is impossible to ignore.
    3. Governments officials say more will be known next spring when CDC releases a study of the incidence of selected cancers in Vietnam veterans.
    4. 'There is no correlation between anti-unionism and the incidence of HRM.
    5. Some state authorities may choose the screening of applicants for marriage licenses, if only to allay fears and perhaps reduce the incidence of children infected at birth.
    6. The higher incidence of fire deaths in the South is partly due to its large population of rural poor, Hall said.
    7. It was impossible to tell from the study whether aspirin actually reduced the incidence of colon cancer or whether it improved the chances of a person surviving colon cancer. Aspirin, for instance, can induce bleeding in the gut.
    8. An increase in the incidence of leukemia that would confirm that the virus is spreading among Americans mightn't occur for another decade.
    9. Panel members noted that their decision was based on little new data on incidence of disease among pill users.
    10. Similarly, the incidence of diagnosed coronary heart disease among estrogen users was only 51% of that among the never-used group after adjusting the statistics for age.
    11. But it often takes a tragedy to make people aware of the high incidence of head injury to children, she said.
    12. Proportionately, the incidence of AIDS is about the same in the two regions.
    13. Instead, he said, the agency should require only a finding of a statistically significant correlation or "increased risk of incidence" _ a less difficult standard to meet.
    14. At first the company's medical officers ascribed the rising incidence to chance: The condition, though rare, is associated with allergic reactions to some drugs.
    15. The researchers said that Seattle has a higher overall homicide rate than Vancouver, and virtually all of the difference can be explained by the city's higher incidence of handgun shootings.
    16. It also said the lowest incidence was among veterans of III Corps, the area of highest Agent Orange use.
    17. Indeed, there are no significant differences in smoking incidence among minors between otherwise comparable countries that allow tobacco advertising and those that prohibit it.
    18. Its incidence in the UK is doubling every decade and it kills about 1,300 people a year - many of them young adults.
    19. James Leigh of the Australian Mesothelioma Register says 1,900 people have been diagnosed as having mesothelioma in the past 10 years, and the incidence of the disease is growing rapidly.
    20. Ten percent of tested Coast Guard personnel showed positive, but the incidence has since dropped to 2 percent because of the testing, he said.
    21. "All the theoretical objections really almost killed the transplant program; that, coupled with the high incidence of tissue rejection, which brought a lot of bad news to the profession," Cooley said.
    22. But champions of the new hours point out that extended hours in Scotland, introduced over a decade ago, were followed by a reduced incidence of drunkenness and violence.
    23. The study said another 31 percent of the difference in the death rate for blacks can be explained by their higher incidence of disease from preventable risk factors such as high blood pressure, alcohol consumption and smoking.
    24. Tests in Kinshasa of pregnant women and blood donors also suggest the general incidence of AIDS infection is not rising, but the infection rate among prostitutes has grown from 27 percent to 40 percent.
    25. Johnson was forced to resign as Jefferson County health director in May 1981, following his publication of studies showing a higher incidence of cancer in areas of Jefferson and Denver counties close to the Rocky Flats plant 16 miles northwest of Denver.
    26. The study examined the incidence of influenza and other respiratory illnesses among about 400,000 trainees at four U.S. Army training centers from October 1982 to September 1986.
    27. Another study, released Thursday in Geneva by the World Health Organization, said the incidence of AIDS among women will increase dramatically worldwide, mostly because women don't suspect they can contract the disease from heterosexual contact.
    28. Under a special 'fast track' energy programme, new power plants are being built. The incidence of power shedding and blackouts has been reduced.
    29. This seemed to reduced the incidence of infections and fever requiring antibiotic treatment, compared with past patients given the chemotherapy regimen.
    30. A comparison of the two large-scale, federally funded studies of the incidence of child abuse and neglect confirms this conclusion.
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