Contact - Definition

n 1: close interaction; "they kept in daily contact"; "they
claimed that they had been in contact with extraterrestrial
beings"
2: the act of touching physically; "her fingers came in contact
with the light switch" [syn: contact, physical contact]
3: the state or condition of touching or of being in immediate
proximity; "litmus paper turns red on contact with an acid"
4: the physical coming together of two or more things; "contact
with the pier scraped paint from the hull" [syn: contact,
impinging, striking]
5: a person who is in a position to give you special assistance;
"he used his business contacts to get an introduction to the
governor" [syn: contact, middleman]
6: a channel for communication between groups; "he provided a
liaison with the guerrillas" [syn: liaison, link,
contact, inter-group communication]
7: (electronics) a junction where things (as two electrical
conductors) touch or are in physical contact; "they forget to
solder the contacts" [syn: contact, tangency]
8: a communicative interaction; "the pilot made contact with the
base"; "he got in touch with his colleagues" [syn: contact,
touch]
9: a thin curved glass or plastic lens designed to fit over the
cornea in order to correct vision or to deliver medication
[syn: contact, contact lens]
v 1: be in or establish communication with; "Our advertisements
reach millions"; "He never contacted his children after he
emigrated to Australia" [syn: reach, get through, get
hold of, contact]
2: be in direct physical contact with; make contact; "The two
buildings touch"; "Their hands touched"; "The wire must not
contact the metal cover"; "The surfaces contact at this
point" [syn: touch, adjoin, meet, contact]