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Definitions for contingence
kənˈtɪn dʒənscon·tin·gence
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Princeton's WordNet
eventuality, contingency, contingencenoun
a possible event or occurrence or result
Wiktionary
contingencenoun
Contact; touching.
contingencenoun
angle of contingence: the infinitesimally small angle between the circumference of a circle and its tangent at the point of contact, or the angle between two tangents to a curve at consecutive points.
contingencenoun
line of contingence: a tangent; a contingent line; a tangent line.
contingencenoun
Contingency.
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
Contingence, Contingencynoun
The quality of being fortuitous; accidental possibility.
Etymology: from contingent.
Their credulities assent unto any prognosticks, which, considering the contingency in events, are only in the prescience of God. Thomas Browne, Vulgar Errours, b. i. c. 3.
For once, O heav’n! unfold thy adamantine book;
If not thy firm, immutable decree,
At least the second page of great contingency,
Such as consists with wills originally free. Dryden.Aristotle says, we are not to build certain rules upon the contingency of human actions. Robert South, Sermons.
Webster Dictionary
Contingencenoun
see Contingency
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Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of contingence in Chaldean Numerology is: 1
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of contingence in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1
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- tangență, atingere, contact, contingențăRomanian
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