contingence

English

Etymology

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

Noun

contingence (countable and uncountable, plural contingences)

(geometry) Contact; touching.
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

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

French

Noun

contingence f (plural contingences)

contingence (all senses)
(in the plural) contingencies

Further reading

“contingence” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

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