单词 | contingency |
释义 | Word Frequency contingency(kənˈtɪndʒənsɪ) nounWord forms: plural -cies 1. a. a possible but not very likely future event or condition; eventuality b. (as modifier) a contingency plan 2. something dependent on a possible future event 3. a fact, event, etc, incidental to or dependent on something else 4. (in systemic grammar) a. modification of the meaning of a main clause by use of a bound clause introduced by a binder such as if, when, though, or since Compare adding (sense 3)b. (as modifier) a contingency clause 5. logic a. the state of being contingent b. a contingent statement 6. dependence on chance; uncertainty 7. statistics a. the degree of association between theoretical and observed common frequencies of two graded or classified variables. It is measured by the chi-square test b. (as modifier) a contingency table the contingency coefficient |
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