contact | close interaction, they kept in daily contact, they claimed that they had been in contact with extraterrestrial beings |
eye contact | contact that occurs when two people look directly at each other, a teacher should make eye contact with the students |
contact physical contact | the act of touching physically, her fingers came in contact with the light switch |
contact sport | a sport that necessarily involves body contact between opposing players |
contact tangency | (electronics) a junction where things (as two electrical conductors) touch or are in physical contact, they forget to solder the contacts |
contact contact lens | a thin curved glass or plastic lens designed to fit over the cornea in order to correct vision or to deliver medication |
contact print | a print made by exposing a photosensitive surface to direct contact with a photographic negative |
electrical contact | contact that allows current to pass from one conductor to another |
solar thermal system | a system that converts sunlight into heat |
thermal printer | a printer that produces characters by applying heat to special paper that is sensitive to heat |
thermal reactor | a nuclear reactor in which nuclear fissions are caused by neutrons that are slowed down by a moderator |
thermistor thermal resistor | a semiconductor device made of materials whose resistance varies as a function of temperature, can be used to compensate for temperature variation in other components of a circuit |
wiper wiper arm contact arm | contact consisting of a conducting arm that rotates over a series of fixed contacts and comes to rest on an outlet |
thermal barrier heat barrier | a limit to high speed flight imposed by aerodynamic heating |
liaison link contact inter-group communication | a channel for communication between groups, he provided a liaison with the guerrillas |
eye contact | a meeting of the eyes between two people that expresses meaningful nonverbal communication, it was a mere glance, but the eye contact was enough to tell her that he was desperate to leave |
contact touch | a communicative interaction, the pilot made contact with the base, he got in touch with his colleagues |
contact impinging striking | the physical coming together of two or more things, contact with the pier scraped paint from the hull |
hot spring thermal spring | a natural spring of water at a temperature ofF or above |
contact middleman | a person who is in a position to give you special assistance, he used his business contacts to get an introduction to the governor |
thermal | rising current of warm air |
catalysis contact action | acceleration of a chemical reaction induced the presence of material that is chemically unchanged at the end of the reaction, of the topcommodity chemicals,are created directly by catalysis and another are made from raw materials that are catalytically produced |
metamorphism | change in the structure of rock by natural agencies such as pressure or heat or introduction of new chemical substances |
thermionic emission thermal emission | the emission of electrons from very hot substances |
British thermal unit BTU B.Th.U. | a unit of heat equal to the amount of heat required to raise one pound of water one degree Fahrenheit at one atmosphere pressure, equivalent to . calories |
thermal equilibrium | a state in which all parts of a system are at the same temperature |
contact dermatitis | a delayed type of allergic reaction of the skin resulting from skin contact with a specific allergen (such as poison ivy) |
contact | the state or condition of touching or of being in immediate proximity, litmus paper turns red on contact with an acid |
thermal pollution | harm to lakes and rivers resulting from the release of excessive waste heat into them |
reach get through get hold of contact | be in or establish communication with, Our advertisements reach millions, He never contacted his children after he emigrated to Australia |
touch adjoin meet contact | 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 |
fly contact | fly a plane by using visible landmarks or points of reference |
thermal | caused by or designed to retain heat, a thermal burn, thermal underwear |
thermal | of or relating to a hot spring, thermal water |
thermal thermic caloric | relating to or associated with heat, thermal movements of molecules, thermal capacity, thermic energy, the caloric effect of sunlight |