- the act or state of touching; a touching or meeting, as of two things or people.
- immediate proximity or association.
- an acquaintance, colleague, or relative through whom a person can gain access to information, favors, influential people, and the like.
- a junction of electric conductors, usually metal, that controls current flow, often completing or interrupting a circuit.
- the interface, generally a planar surface, between strata that differ in lithology or age.
- a person who has lately been exposed to an infected person.
- a condition in which two or more individuals or groups are placed in communication with each other.
- contact lens.
- to put or bring into contact.
- to communicate with: We'll contact you by mail or telephone.
- to enter into or be in contact.
- involving or produced by touching or proximity: contact allergy.
- the act or state of touching physically
- the state or fact of close association or communication (esp in the phrases in contact, make contact)
- a junction of two or more electrical conductors
- the part of the conductors that makes the junction
- the part of an electrical device to which such connections are made
- an acquaintance, esp one who might be useful in business, as a means of introduction, etc
- any person who has been exposed to a contagious disease
- photog See contact print
- (usually plural) an informal name for contact lens
- of or relating to irritation or inflammation of the skin caused by touching the causative agent
- denoting an insecticide or herbicide that kills on contact, rather than after ingestion or absorption
- of or maintaining contact
- requiring or involving (physical) contact
- to put, come, or be in association, touch, or communication
- (formerly) a call made by the pilot to indicate that an aircraft's ignition is switched on and that the engine is ready for starting by swinging the propeller
