contact: betydelser og definitioner

A coming together or touching, as of objects or surfaces.

The state or condition of touching or of immediate proximity: Litmus paper turns red on contact with an acid.

Connection or interaction; communication: still in contact with my former employer.

Visual observation: The pilot made contact with the ship.

Association; relationship: came into contact with new ideas at college.

A person who might be of use; a connection: The reporter met with her contact at the mayor's office.

A connection between two conductors that permits a flow of current or heat.

A part or device that makes or breaks such a connection.

Medicine A person recently exposed to a contagious disease, usually through close association with an infected individual.

A contact lens.

To bring or put in contact.

To get in touch with; communicate with: "This past January I was contacted by a lawyer who said he needed my help” ( Elizabeth Loftus).

To be in or come into contact.

Of, sustaining, or making contact.

Caused or transmitted by touching: a contact skin rash.