Accident
Thomas Vincent Power has written: 'A study of intended and incidental effects of questions on learning from prose'
'It was an incidental cause'
incidental means not a major part of something. His injuries were a result of incidental damage. That is an incidental fact, not related to the main argument.
The word incidentally means "by the way" or "of a minor nature".
The Incidental Economist was created in 2009.
James H Bodle has written: 'An examination of word and object recall and incidental learning in preschoolers, college students, and older adults' -- subject(s): Age factors, Learning, Memory
I tripped, incidentally, my enemy's leg was out where I had tripped.
Surgical removal of the vermiform appendix, performed incidentally to another primary surgical procedure.
incidental
Having the fastest time was incidental to winning the race.
It has no meaning in mathematics. It is simply a unit of distance. That the unit is sometimes incorporated into mathematical calculations is incidental.