kontyngencja

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See also: kontyngencją

Polish

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Etymology

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Borrowed from French contingence.[1] First attested in 1901.[2]

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /kɔn.tɨŋˈɡɛn.t͡sja/
  • Rhymes: -ɛnt͡sja
  • Syllabification: kon‧tyn‧gen‧cja

Noun

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kontyngencja f

  1. contingency (quality of being contingent, of happening by chance)
    Synonym: przypadkowość
  2. (mathematics) statistical interdependence between features, at least one of which is a qualitative feature (Is there an English equivalent to this definition?)

Declension

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References

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  1. ^ Mirosław Bańko, Lidia Wiśniakowska (2021) “kontyngencja”, in Wielki słownik wyrazów obcych, →ISBN
  2. ^ Chimera (in Polish), volume 1, number 1, 1901, page 153

Further reading

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