CONTACT
contact
(noun) close interaction; “they kept in daily contact”; “they claimed that they had been in contact with extraterrestrial beings”
contact, physical contact
(noun) the act of touching physically; “her fingers came in contact with the light switch”
contact, tangency
(noun) (electronics) a junction where things (as two electrical conductors) touch or are in physical contact; “they forget to solder the contacts”
contact, contact lens
(noun) a thin curved glass or plastic lens designed to fit over the cornea in order to correct vision or to deliver medication
liaison, link, contact, inter-group communication
(noun) a channel for communication between groups; “he provided a liaison with the guerrillas”
contact, touch
(noun) a communicative interaction; “the pilot made contact with the base”; “he got in touch with his colleagues”
contact, impinging, striking
(noun) the physical coming together of two or more things; “contact with the pier scraped paint from the hull”
contact, middleman
(noun) a person who is in a position to give you special assistance; “he used his business contacts to get an introduction to the governor”
contact
(noun) the state or condition of touching or of being in immediate proximity; “litmus paper turns red on contact with an acid”
reach, get through, get hold of, contact
(verb) be in or establish communication with; “Our advertisements reach millions”; “He never contacted his children after he emigrated to Australia”
touch, adjoin, meet, contact
(verb) be in direct physical contact with; make contact; “The two buildings touch”; “Their hands touched”; “The wire must not contact the metal cover”; “The surfaces contact at this point”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
contact (countable and uncountable, plural contacts)
The act of touching physically; being in close association.
The establishment of communication (with).
A nodule designed to connect a device with something else.
Someone with whom one is in communication.
(informal) A contact lens.
(electricity) A device designed for repetitive connections.
(informal, by ellipsis) Contact juggling.
(mining) The plane between two adjacent bodies of dissimilar rock.
Verb
contact (third-person singular simple present contacts, present participle contacting, simple past and past participle contacted)
(transitive) To touch; to come into physical contact with.
(transitive) To establish communication with something or someone
Source: Wiktionary
Con"tact, n. Etym: [L. contactus, fr. contingere, -tactum, to touch on all sides. See Contingent.]
1. A close union or junction of bodies; a touching or meeting.
2. (Geom.)
Definition: The property of two curves, or surfaces, which meet, and at the point of meeting have a common direction.
3. (Mining)
Definition: The plane between two adjacent bodies of dissimilar rock. Raymond. Contact level, a delicate level so pivoted as to tilt when two parts of a measuring apparatus come into contact with each other;
– used in precise determinations of lengths and in the accurate graduation of instruments.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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