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  1. noun A coming together or touching, as of objects or surfaces.
  2. noun The state or condition of touching or of immediate proximity: Litmus paper turns red on contact with an acid.
  3. noun Connection or interaction; communication: still in contact with my former employer.
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  • He wondered briefly whether his contact was anxious because he knew about the trap, or whether his growing nervousness had tipped off his employers. —  Analog July, 1974
  • Suppose the contact was a weak one that was never fully established. —  Hamilton, Peter F. - [Void 01] - The Dreaming Void
  • This contact will be your exchange of bodies; your spirits will go on, while your other Selves will take over your bodies and cause them to expand to adult size. —  The Dastard
  • He had given Leithen his arm to support him, and now he pressed the other's elbow to his side as if the contact was his one security 9 That night when Leithen stumbled into camp he found that even in the comfortless thaw Lew had achieved comfort. —  SICK HEART RIVER
  • 'At least tell me if our contact will be armed I doubt it,' said Artemis. —  ARTEMIS FOWL is a child prodigy from Ireland who has dedicated his brilliant mind to criminal activities
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  1. Latin contāctus, from past participle of contingere, to touch, from past participle of contingere, to touch : com-, com- + tangere, to touch; see tag- in Indo-European roots.

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  1. = French contact = Spanish Portuguese contacto = Italian contatto, from Latin contactus, a touching, from contingere, past participle contactus, touch closely, from com-, together, + tangere, touch: see tangent, tact, and cf. contagion, contiguous, contingent.
  2. from contact, n.
  3. Latin contactus: see contact, n.
 

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