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What is the adjective for accidence?

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accidental
  1. Not essential; incidental, secondary. [from 14th c.]
  2. (philosophy) Nonessential to something's inherent nature (especially in Aristotelian thought). [from 14th c.]
  3. (music) Adjusted by one or two semitones, in temporary departure from the key signature. [from 16th c.]
  4. Occurring sometimes, by chance; occasional. [from 16th c.]
  5. Happening by chance, or unexpectedly; taking place not according to the usual course of things; by accident, unintentional. [from 16th c.]
  6. (geometry) Being a double point with two distinct tangent planes in 4-dimensional projective space.
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    1. “They came to inquire how we managed to keep our mules, and we insisted that it was all owing to accidental good luck, which was true.”
      “These are designed to prevent an accidental explosion in one bay from causing an explosion in another.”
      “So, differences can be accepted only as secondary or accidental characteristics of persons.”
accidentary
  1. (obsolete) accidental; occurring by chance; occasional
  2. (obsolete) logically accidental; non-essential
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