contingence

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noun

Contact; touching.

Similar
eventualitycontingency
OriginLatin contingentia →
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Meanings

nouncontingence (countable and uncountable, plural contingences)

plural contingences

  1. countableuncountablegeometryContact; touching.
  2. countableuncountableContingency.

Synonyms & antonyms

nouna possible event or occurrence or result

Similar
eventualitycontingency
Broader
happeningoccurrenceoccurrent
Also see
contingencyeventuality

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Latincontingentia
  2. Englishcontingence

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

More words from Latin

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Translations

Romanian contact, atingere
  • contacttouching
  • atingeretouching
  • tangențătouching
Cite this entry
APA

contingence. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/contingence

MLA

“contingence.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/contingence. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “contingence,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/contingence.

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