contingence
con·tin·gence
noun
1.
a possible event or occurrence or result
Origin
Borrowed from Latin contingentia (whence con- + and -ence), from contingēns, present passive participle of contingō (“to make contact with, to be touching”).
Phrases
- angle of contingence
- line of contingence
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