contact : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: contact	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for contact
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
contact n close interaction; "they kept in daily contact"; "they claimed that they had been in contact with extraterrestrial beings" the act of touching physically; "her fingers came in contact with the light switch" Synonym(s): contact, physical contact the state or condition of touching or of being in immediate proximity; "litmus paper turns red on contact with an acid" the physical coming together of two or more things; "contact with the pier scraped paint from the hull" Synonym(s): contact, impinging, striking a person who is in a position to give you special assistance; "he used his business contacts to get an introduction to the governor" Synonym(s): contact, middleman a channel for communication between groups; "he provided a liaison with the guerrillas" Synonym(s): liaison, link, contact, inter-group communication (electronics) a junction where things (as two electrical conductors) touch or are in physical contact; "they forget to solder the contacts" Synonym(s): contact, tangency a communicative interaction; "the pilot made contact with the base"; "he got in touch with his colleagues" Synonym(s): contact, touch a thin curved glass or plastic lens designed to fit over the cornea in order to correct vision or to deliver medication Synonym(s): contact, contact lens v be in or establish communication with; "Our advertisements reach millions"; "He never contacted his children after he emigrated to Australia" Synonym(s): reach, get through, get hold of, contact 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" Synonym(s): touch, adjoin, meet, contact
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Contact \Con"tact\, n. [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.) The property of two curves, or surfaces, which meet, and at the point of meeting have a common direction. 3. (Mining) 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.