Accident Literally, a befalling; an event that takes place without one's foresight or expectation; an undesigned, sudden, and unexpected event; chance; contingency; often, an undesigned and unforeseen occurrence of an afflictive or unfortunate character; a casualty; a mishap; as, to die by an accident.
Accident A property attached to a word, but not essential to it, as gender, number, case.
Accident A point or mark which may be retained or omitted in a coat of arms.
Accident A property or quality of a thing which is not essential to it, as whiteness in paper; an attribute.
Accident A quality or attribute in distinction from the substance, as sweetness, softness.
Accident Any accidental property, fact, or relation; an accidental or nonessential; as, beauty is an accident.
Accident Unusual appearance or effect.
accident anything that happens by chance without an apparent cause
accident surgery the branch of medicine that deals with the surgical repair of injuries and wounds arising from accidents