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Emergence vs Incidence - What's the difference?

emergence | incidence |

As nouns the difference between emergence and incidence

is that emergence is emergence while incidence is the act of something happening; occurrence.

emergence

English

(wikipedia emergence)

Noun

(en noun)
  • The act of rising out of a fluid, or coming forth from envelopment or concealment, or of rising into view; sudden uprising or appearance.
  • In particular: the arising of emergent structure in complex systems.

    • See also

    * eclosion

    References

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    incidence

    English

    Noun

    (wikipedia incidence) (en noun)
  • The act of something happening; occurrence
  • The extent, or the relative frequency of something happening
  • (physics) The striking of radiation or a projectile upon a surface
  • (epidemiology) A measure of the risk that a person develops a new condition within a specified period of time, usually a year.

    • Derived terms

    * angle of incidence * incidence algebra * incidence axiom * incidence function * incidence geometry * incidence graph * nonincidence

    Related terms

    * incident

    See also

    * prevalence

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