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contact (k<ocr/n"t<acr/kt), n. [L. contactus, fr. contingere, -tactum, to touch on all sides. See
| contact | (k<ocr/n"t<acr/kt), 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.
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2. (Geom.)
The property of two curves, or surfaces, which meet, and at the point of meeting have a common direction.
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3. (Mining)
The plane between two adjacent bodies of dissimilar rock. Raymond.
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4. (Electricity)
A metallic conducting component of an electrical device connected to a circuit within and so situated that it may form a conducting pathway to an external power source or device when contacted by another conductor; as, the contact on a standard light bulb has the shape of a screw for easy insertion into the socket.
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5.
A person who serves to commmunicate information to or from one group to another, whether formally or informally; as, a good Washington reporter has contacts in the White House.
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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.
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