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accidentals

/ˌæksɪˈdentəlz/

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noun

Accidentels, accessoires

A property which is not essential; a nonessential; anything happening accidentally.

Examples :

"Her successes in the math competition were largely due to diligent study, but some accidentals, like the difficulty of the problems that year, also played a small role. "

Ses succès au concours de mathématiques étaient largement dus à une étude assidue, mais certains accessoires, comme la difficulté des problèmes cette année-là, ont également joué un petit rôle.

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noun

Effets fortuits, effets de lumière

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.

Examples :

"The artist studied the photograph, noting how the accidentals caused by the late afternoon sun highlighted the wrinkles on the old woman's face and deepened the shadows under her eyes. "

L'artiste a étudié la photographie, notant comment les effets de lumière du soleil de fin d'après-midi mettaient en valeur les rides sur le visage de la vieille femme et assombrissaient les ombres sous ses yeux.

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Altérations accidentelles

A sharp, flat, or natural, occurring not at the commencement of a piece of music as the signature, but before a particular note.

Examples :

"The sheet music had a lot of accidentals, making the melody sound much more complex than it initially appeared. "

La partition comportait beaucoup d'altérations accidentelles, ce qui rendait la mélodie beaucoup plus complexe qu'elle ne le paraissait au départ.

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Ponctuation, orthographe, majuscules et minuscules

Part of a text that has a mainly structural purpose, such as spelling, punctuation or capitalization.

Examples :

"The teacher marked down points for accidentals like missing commas and misspelled words in my essay. "

Le professeur a déduit des points pour des éléments tels que des virgules manquantes et des mots mal orthographiés dans ma dissertation.

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