CONTACTING

Verb

contacting

present participle of contact

Source: Wiktionary


CONTACT

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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