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contiguity
English
Etymology
From French contiguïté, from Late Latin contiguit?s, from Latin contiguus (“bordering upon”), from conting? (“I touch or border upon”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /k?nt???ju??ti/
- Hyphenation: con?ti?gu?i?ty
Noun
contiguity (countable and uncountable, plural contiguities)
- A state in which two or more physical objects are physically touching one another or in which sections of a plane border on one another.
- 1958–1960, R.S. Peters, The Concept of Motivation, Routledge & Kegan Paul (second edition), chapter i: “Types of Explanation in Psychological Theories”, page 12:
- In the mechanical conception of ‘cause’ it is…demanded that there should be spatial and temporal contiguity between the movements involved.
- 1958–1960, R.S. Peters, The Concept of Motivation, Routledge & Kegan Paul (second edition), chapter i: “Types of Explanation in Psychological Theories”, page 12:
Synonyms
- (state in which objects are physically touching): synapse (of neurons)
Antonyms
- discontiguity
Translations
References
- Webster, Noah (1828) , “contiguity”, in An American Dictionary of the English Language
- contiguity in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- “contiguity” in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.
- Notes:
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contingency
English
Etymology
contingent +? -cy (16th century).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /k?n?t?nd??nsi/
Noun
contingency (countable and uncountable, plural contingencies)
- (uncountable) The quality of being contingent, of happening by chance; unpredictability. [1560s]
- (countable) A possibility; something which may or may not happen. A chance occurrence, especially in finance, unexpected expenses. [1610s]
- (finance, countable) An amount of money which a party to a contract has to pay to the other party (usually the supplier of a major project to the client) if he or she does not fulfill the contract according to the specification.
- (logic, countable) A statement which is neither a tautology nor a contradiction.
Synonyms
- (quality of happening by chance): possibility
- See also Thesaurus:option
Antonyms
- (quality of happening by chance): inevitability, impossibility
Coordinate terms
- (statement which is neither a tautology nor a contradiction): contradiction, tautology
Derived terms
- contingency plan
Translations
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