contingence

noun — 2 senses

contingence

noun

Etymology Borrowed from Latin contingentia (whence con- + and -ence), from contingēns, present passive participle of contingō (“to make contact with, to be touching”).

Geometry, Mathematics, Sciences Contact; touching.

Contingency.

Derived terms: angle of contingence, line of contingence

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