English Explanatory Dictionary

contingence

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Contact; touching.
  2. Contingency.

Pronunciation

LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-contingence.wav

Word forms

contingence contingences

Etymology

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

Derived words

angle of contingence line of contingence
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