Contact electrification — is an obsolete scientific theory from the Enlightenment that attempted to account for all the sources of electric charge known at the time.[1] In the late 18th century, scientists developed sensitive instruments for detecting electrification ,… … Wikipedia
contact — [n1] form of communication acquaintance, association, channel, commerce, communion, companionship, connection, influence, intercourse, junction, meeting, network, touch, union, unity; concepts 278,388,687 contact [n2] touching approximation,… … New thesaurus
contact — I (association) noun accord, acquaintanceship, affiliation, alliance, bond, camaraderie, close union, cooperation, coalition, combination, commerce, communication, community, companionship, conjunction, connection, consanguinity, consociation,… … Law dictionary
junction — I noun accompaniment, adhesion, alliance, association, attachment, chain, coalescence, coalition, collusion, combination, concentration, concomitance, concourse, concurrence, confluence, conflux, conjugation, conjunction, connection, connivance,… … Law dictionary
Contact — Con tact (k[o^]n t[a^]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. [1913 Webster] 2. (Geom.) The property of two curves, or surfaces, which … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Contact level — Contact Con tact (k[o^]n t[a^]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. [1913 Webster] 2. (Geom.) The property of two curves, or… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Contact potential — may refer to: Contact electrification Galvani potential difference (in electrochemistry, at a junction of two metals) Volta potential difference (in electrochemistry, between two points in vacuum near surfaces of two metals in contact) This… … Wikipedia
junction of bodies — index contact (touching) Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
contact — 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
contact — 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
contact — 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
