Accidental

Accidental - Other Definitions

• (a.) Happening by chance, or unexpectedly; taking place not according to the usual course of things; casual; fortuitous; as, an accidental visit.
  
  
• (a.) Nonessential; not necessary belonging; incidental; as, are accidental to a play.
  
  
• (n.) A property which is not essential; a nonessential; anything happening accidentally.
  
  
• (n.) 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.
  
  
• (n.) A sharp, flat, or natural, occurring not at the commencement of a piece of music as the signature, but before a particular note.
  
  
• (adv.) In an accidental manner; unexpectedly; by chance; unintentionally; casually; fortuitously; not essentially.