"contingence" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-contingence.wav Forms: contingences [plural]
Etymology: Borrowed from Latin contingentia, from contingēns, present passive participle of contingō (“I make contact with, I am touching”). Etymology templates: {{uder|en|la|contingentia}} Latin contingentia Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} contingence (countable and uncountable, plural contingences)
  1. (geometry) Contact; touching. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Geometry Translations (touching): contact [neuter] (Romanian), atingere [feminine] (Romanian), tangență [feminine] (Romanian)
    Sense id: en-contingence-en-noun-yhpaynLq Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English undefined derivations, Entries with translation boxes, Terms with Romanian translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 77 23 Disambiguation of English undefined derivations: 89 11 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 90 10 Disambiguation of Terms with Romanian translations: 84 16 Topics: geometry, mathematics, sciences Disambiguation of 'touching': 98 2
  2. Contingency. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-contingence-en-noun-2NxfWgUW
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: angle of contingence, line of contingence

Inflected forms

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