Accidental may refer to:
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Accidental (music)
In music, an accidental is a note of a pitch (or pitch class) that is not a member of the scale or mode indicated by the most recently applied key signature. In musical notation, the sharp (), flat (), and natural () symbols, among others, ma ...
, a symbol which changes the pitch of a note
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''Accidental'' (album), by Fred Frith
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Accidental (biology), a biological phenomenon more commonly known as vagrancy
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The Accidental'', a 2005 novel by Ali Smith
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The Accidental (band), a UK folk band
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Accidental property, a philosophical term
See also
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Accidence (or inflection), a modification of a word to express different grammatical categories
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Accident (disambiguation)
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Adventitious, which is closely related to "accidental" as used in philosophy and in biology
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Random, which often is used incorrectly where ''accidental'' or ''adventitious'' would be appropriate
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