contingence

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin contingentia, from contingēns, present passive participle of contingō (“I make contact with, I am touching”).

Pronunciation

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Noun

contingence (countable and uncountable, plural contingences)

1. (geometry) Contact; touching.
2. Contingency.

Derived terms

• angle of contingence
• line of contingence

Translations

touching

• Romanian: contact (ro) n, atingere (ro) f, tangență (ro) f

contingency — see contingency

References

• John A. Simpson and Edmund S. C. Weiner, editors (1989), “contingence”, in The Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN.

French

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin contingentia.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kɔ̃.tɛ̃.ʒɑ̃s/

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Noun

contingence f (plural contingences)

1. contingence
2. (in the plural) contingencies

Related terms

• contingent

Further reading

• “contingence”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.