Contact

  • 31contact — contactual /kon tak chooh euhl/, adj. contactually, adv. /kon takt/, n. 1. the act or state of touching; a touching or meeting, as of two things or people. 2. immediate proximity or association. 3. an acquaintance, colleague, or relative through… …

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  • 32contact — I. noun Etymology: French or Latin; French, from Latin contactus, from contingere to have contact with more at contingent Date: 1626 1. a. union or junction of surfaces b. the apparent touching or mutual tangency of the limbs of two celestial… …

    New Collegiate Dictionary

  • 33contact — (kon takt ; quelques personnes prononcent kon ta ; prononciation correcte, mais peu usitée) s. m. 1°   État de deux ou plusieurs corps qui se touchent. Point de contact, point par lequel deux corps se touchent.    Terme de géométrie. Contact du… …

    Dictionnaire de la Langue Française d'Émile Littré

  • 34CONTACT — n. m. Action ou état de deux corps qui se touchent. Le contact de deux corps. Le contact de deux courbes, de deux surfaces. Point de contact. Il y a des maladies qui se communiquent par le contact. Contact médiat. Contact immédiat. L’observation… …

    Dictionnaire de l'Academie Francaise, 8eme edition (1935)

  • 35contact*/*/*/ — [ˈkɒntækt] noun I 1) [C/U] communication between people, countries, or organizations Do you and Jo still keep in contact?[/ex] I still haven t managed to make contact with Joe.[/ex] There was no direct contact between the two sides in the dispute …

    Dictionary for writing and speaking English

  • 36contact — 1. The touching or apposition of two bodies. 2. A person who has been exposed to a contagious disease. [L. con tingo, pp. tactus, to touch, seize, fr. tango, to touch] balancing c. 1. the contacts between upper and lower dentures on the balancing …

    Medical dictionary

  • 37contact — con•tact [[t]ˈkɒn tækt[/t]] n. 1) the act or state of touching; a touching or meeting, as of two things or people 2) immediate proximity or association 3) the act or state of being in communication 4) a person one knows through whom one can gain… …

    From formal English to slang

  • 38CONTACT — s. m. (Les deux consonnes finales se prononcent.) Action ou état de deux corps qui se touchent. Le contact de deux corps. Point de contact. Il y a des maladies qui se communiquent par le contact. Contact médiat. Contact immédiat.   Il s emploie… …

    Dictionnaire de l'Academie Francaise, 7eme edition (1835)

  • 39contact — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) I n. intermediary, middleman (see agent). v., informal, get in touch (with). See contact. II Touching of two things Nouns contact, contiguity, abutment, touch, connection; osculation; meeting, encounter …

    English dictionary for students

  • 40Contact! — For other uses, see Contact (disambiguation). Contact! Studio album by Eiffel 65 Released …

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