Accidentalとは 意味・読み方・使い方

語源

From 中期英語 accidental, from Anglo-Norman accidentel, Middle French accidentel, accidental, and their source, Late Latin accidēntālis; corresponding to accident +‎ -al.

発音

• IPA: /ˌæk.sɪˈdɛn.tl̩/
• 韻: -ɛntəl
• ハイフネーション: ac‧ci‧den‧tal

形容詞

accidental (comparative more accidental, superlative most accidental)

1. Pertaining to accident and not essence; thus, inessential; incidental; secondary. [from 14th c.]

   Hyponym: instantial

   1. (philosophy) Nonessential to something's inherent nature (especially in Aristotelian thought). [from 14th c.]
2. (music) Adjusted by one or two semitones, in temporary departure from the key signature. [from 16th c.]
3. Occurring sometimes, by chance; occasional. [from 16th c.]
4. Happening by chance, or unexpectedly; taking place not according to the usual course of things; by accident, unintentional. [from 16th c.]

   The discovery was purely accidental.

   He was killed by an accidental gunshot.

   accidental damage

   accidental death

   entirely accidental

   • 1603, Michel de Montaigne, translated by John Florio, Essays, translation of original in French, III.1:

     The way to trueth is but one and simple, that of particular profit and benefit of affaires a man hath in charge, double, uneven and accidentall [translating fortuite].

5. (geometry) Being a double point with two distinct tangent planes in 4-dimensional projective space.

同意語

• (not essential): circumstantial, incidental; See also Thesaurus:circumstantial
• (nonessential to something's inherent nature): See also Thesaurus:extrinsic
• (happening by chance): adventitious, casual, contingent, fortuitous, incidental, occasional, serendipitous; See also Thesaurus:accidental

派生語

名詞

accidental (plural accidentals)

1. A property which is not essential; a nonessential; anything happening accidentally.
   • 1662, Fuller, Worthies of England:

     He conceived it just that accidentals ... should sink with the substance of the accusation.

2. (painting, plural only) Those fortuitous effects produced by luminous rays falling on certain objects so that some parts stand forth in abnormal brightness and other parts are cast into a deep shadow.
3. (music) A sharp, flat, or natural, occurring not at the commencement of a piece of music as the signature, but before a particular note.
4. Part of a text that has a mainly structural purpose, such as spelling, punctuation, or capitalization.

   Coordinate term: substantive

アナグラム

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