An Etymological Dictionary of Astronomy and Astrophysics
English-French-Persian

1) The degree, extent, or frequency of occurrence, especially of something unwanted.
2) The act of striking a → light ray or → beam of particles on a surface. Also the direction of striking.

M.E., from M.Fr. incidence, from L.L. incidentia, from incidere "to happen, befall," from in- "on" + -cidere, combining form of cadere "to fall," → case.

Fotâd,literally "fall, the act of falling," from fotâdan "to fall," variant of oftâdan "to fall; to happen," → coincide.

Same as → angle of incidence.

→ incidence; → angle.

1) An instance of something happening; an event or occurrence.
2a) Likely or apt to happen.
2b) Falling or striking on something, as light rays or a beam of particles.

→ incidence.

Fotân, agent noun and adj. from fotâdan, → incidence.

The → light ray that strikes a surface before → reflection, → refraction, or → absorption. Opposite of → emergent ray.

→ incident; → ray.

To cut into; to cut marks upon.

M.E., from O.Fr. enciser, from L. incisus, p.p. of incidere "to cut into, cut through," from → in- + caedere "to cut," → precise.

Darsunidan, from dar, → in- + sun "cut," → precise.

The act of incising. A cutting into, especially for surgical purposes.

Verbal noun of → incise.

To stir, encourage, or urge on; stimulate or prompt to action (Dictionary.com).

→ in-; → excite.

The act of inciting. The state of being incited. motive.

Verbal noun of → incite.

1) The angle between two lines or two planes.
2) An orbital element that defines the angle between the orbital plane of a solar system body (planet, comet, asteroid) and the plane of the ecliptic.
3) The angle between the equatorial and orbital planes of a planet.

Inclination, from M.E. inclinacioun, from L. inclination-, from inclinat(us) p.p. of inclinare, from → in- + clinare "to bend;" cf. Gk. klinein "to cause to slope, slant, incline;" Skt. sri- "to lean," O.Pers. θray-; Av. sray- "to lean;" Mod.Pers. kil "bent, inclined, slant;" PIE base *klei- "to lean, incline" from which is also derived P.Gmc. *khlinen (Ger. lehnen, E. lean).

Darkil, from prefix dar- "in" + kil "bent, crooked, inclined" [Dehxodâ], Mid.Pers. xwahl "bent, crooked" (Mod.Pers. dialectal/colloquial variants kowleh, cowleh, cowl, caval, xohl, xohal, hol), cf. Skt. kûla- "slope, declivity;" PIE base *klei-, as above.

The angle between the rotation axis of a planet and the normal to the ecliptic.

→ inclination; → axis.

→ obliquity of the ecliptic.

→ inclination; → Earth; → equator.

To deviate from the vertical or horizontal; slant.

Verbal form of → inclination.

To comprise as a part. See also → conclude, → exclude.

From L. includere "to shut in, enclose, imprison, insert," from → in- "in" + claudere "to shut, close; to block up, make inaccessible," ultimately from PIE root *klau- "hook, hooked branch or piece of wood; bolt, bar;" cf. L. clavis "key," clavus "nail," claustrum "bar, bolt, barrier;" Gk. kleidos "bar, bolt, key;" O.Ir. clo "nail;" M.Ir. clithar "hedge, fence;" O.C.S. kljuci "hook, key," kljuciti "shut;" Lith. kliuti "to catch, be caught on;" O.H.G. sliozan "shut," Ger. schließen "to shut," Schlüssel "key."

Darkolândan, from dar-, → in-, + kolândan "to shut," from kolân "wooden bolt, latch;" variants kelân, kolun, kolum, koland, kolandân, kelid, kelidân "wooden bolt, latch;" kalâk "a crook stick for gathering fruit;" (Tabari) kali, (Lori) kelil, (Laki) kalil "key; lock;" (Kurd.) kilil, kilij "key;" (prefixed) biškal(a) "a crooked stick for opening a lock, a sort of key;" (Kurd. Kurmanji) kelemce "handcuff;" (štiyâni) keleku "a large wooden mallet used by bleachers;" (prefixed) eškelak "a piece of wood used between a thief's fingers to force him confess;" kor-mix, gol-mix "a large-headed peg or stake;" Mid.Pers. kilêl "key." This family of Pers. words is probably related to PIE root *klau- "hook, hooked branch or piece of wood; bolt, bar," as above.

1) The act of including; the state of being included; that which is included.
2) Fragment of foreign material enclosed within the mass of a → mineral or → meteorite. See also → CAI meteorite.

Verbal noun of → include.

The lack of a fixed phase relationship between two or more waves. → coherent.

Incoherent, from negation prefix → in- + → coherent; → wave.

1) The condition of two things being so different in nature as to be unable to exist together.
2) Logic: (Of two or more propositions) unable to be true simultaneously.

→ incompatible; → -ity.

Of two or more propositions, unable to be true simultaneously. → compatible.

From M.L. incompatibilis, from → in- "not" + compatibilis (→ compatible).

Nâsâzgâr, from nâ- "not," → in-, + sâzgâr, → compatible.

The state of being incomplete, for example in photometric studies of a population of stars when the faintest members of the population are lacking. → completeness

Negative of → completeness.

A flow whose volume or density does not change under pressure, and therefore its density is a constant. In other words, an ideal flow in which the → divergence of velocity is zero. → compressible flow.

→ incompressible, from → in "not" + → compressible; → flow.

1) Lack of consistency or agreement; incompatibility; an inconsistent feature or quality.
2) Logic: The property of being inconsistent; a self-contradictory proposition (TheFreeDictionary.com).

→ in-; → consistency.