incidentalis

incidentalis 1 (phys., angulus ~is) angle of incidence, the angle at which (light, line) falls on surface. recipiens undique constanter secundum variacionem anguli ~is et reflexionis influenciam celestium radiorum Wycl. Eccl. 202. 2 arising in the course of something else, incidental, subsidiary. primo pertractat quandam questionem aliam ~em, secundo pertractat questionem principalem Ockham Pol. II 653; 1520 privationes ‥ tam principales quam ~es Form. S. Andr. II 125.

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