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the act of touching physically; "her fingers came in contact with the light switch"

a channel for communication between groups; "he provided a liaison with the guerrillas"

the state or condition of touching or of being in immediate proximity; "litmus paper turns red on contact with an acid"

be in or establish communication with; "Our advertisements reach millions"; "He never contacted his children after he emigrated to Australia"

the act of touching physically; "her fingers came in contact with the light switch"

a junction where things (as two electrical conductors) touch or are in physical contact; "they forget to solder the contacts"

a channel for communication between groups; "he provided a liaison with the guerrillas"

the state or condition of touching or of being in immediate proximity; "litmus paper turns red on contact with an acid"

A close union or junction of bodies; a touching or meeting.

The property of two curves, or surfaces, which meet, and at the point of meeting have a common direction.

The plane between two adjacent bodies of dissimilar rock.

A coming together of two things; a touching; close union; the joining-point of two conductors through which an electric current passes.

A close touching: close union: meeting.

Touch; meeting; association.

The coming together of two bodies.

The state of two bodies that touch each other. In the theory of contagious diseases, we distinguish immediate or direct contact as when we touch a patient labouring under one of those diseases; and mediate or indirect contact, when we touch, not the patient himself, but objects that have touched or emanated from him. The air is, most commonly the medium by which this last kind of contact is effected.

The state in which two or more bodies touch each other; a close association between two or more individuals.

n. [Latin] Touch; a touching or meeting of bodies; —junction of one body to another; close union.

Touch, close union.