contingence

== English == === Etymology === Borrowed from Latin contingentia (whence con- +‎ and -ence), from contingēns, present passive participle of contingō (“to make contact with, to be touching”). === Pronunciation === === Noun === contingence (countable and uncountable, plural contingences) (geometry) Contact; touching. Contingency. ==== Derived terms ==== angle of contingence line of contingence ==== Translations ==== === References === John A. Simpson and Edmund S. C. Weiner, editors (1989), “contingence”, in The Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN. == French == === Etymology === Learned borrowing from Latin contingentia. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /kɔ̃.tɛ̃.ʒɑ̃s/ === Noun === contingence f (plural contingences) contingence (in the plural) contingencies ==== Related terms ==== contingent === Further reading === “contingence”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012