meaning of accidental
1. Happening by chance, or unexpectedly; taking place not according to the usual course of things; casual; fortuitous; as, an accidental visit.
2. Nonessential; not necessary belonging; incidental; as, are accidental to a play.
3. A property which is not essential; a nonessential; anything happening accidentally.
4. 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.
5. A sharp, flat, or natural, occurring not at the commencement of a piece of music as the signature, but before a particular note.
6. a musical notation that makes a note sharp or flat or natural although that is not part of the key signature
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