A set of basic functions used as building blocks for more complicated functions. The list of parent functions varies. A typical set of functions is listed below.
Webster Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition: Recency(noun) the state or quality of being recent; newness; new state; late origin; lateness in time; freshness; as, the recency of a transaction, of a wound, etc.
Contingency may refer to. 1  Contingency (philosophy), in philosophy and logic. 2  Contingent fee in commercial matters. 3  Contingency management in medicine. 4  Contingency plan in planning. 5  Contingency table in statistics. 6  Contingent claims in finance. 7  Contingent liability in law. 8  Contingent vote in politics.