"accidens" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: accidentia [plural]
Etymology: From Latin [Term?]. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|la|}} Latin [Term?] Head templates: {{en-noun|accidentia}} accidens (plural accidentia)
  1. (logic) Synonym of accident (“a property, fact, or relation that is the result of chance or is nonessential or nonsubstantive”) Categories (topical): Logic Synonyms: accident [synonym, synonym-of]

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