The act of doing that which begins anything; commencement of an action, state, or space of time; entrance into being or upon a course; the first act, effort, or state of a succession of acts or states.
The initial portion of some extended thing.
That which is begun; a rudiment or element.
That which begins or originates something; the source or first cause.
Of or relating to the first portion of some extended thing.
The act of something happening; occurrence.
The falling of a point on a line, or a line on a plane.
The striking of radiation or a projectile upon a surface.
The manner of falling; bearing or onus, as of a tax that falls unequally.
The extent or the relative frequency of something happening.
A measure of the rate of new occurrence of a given medical condition in a population within a specified period of time.