| 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 |
| direct primary | a primary where voters directly select the candidates who will run for office |
| direct flight | a flight with one or more intermediate stops but no change of aircraft |
| contact sport | a sport that necessarily involves body contact between opposing players |
| foreign direct investment | a joint venture between a foreign company and a United States company |
| direct support | a mission requiring one force to support another specific force and authorizing it to answer directly the supported force's request for assistance |
| direct supporting fire | fire delivered in support of part of a force (as opposed to general supporting fire delivered in support of the force as a whole) |
| direct fire | fire delivered on a target that is visible to the person aiming it |
| foreign direct investment | investing in United States businesses by foreign citizens (often involves stock ownership of the business) |
| direct marketing | marketing via a promotion delivered directly to the individual prospective customer |
| direct action | a protest action by labor or minority groups to obtain their demands |
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 |
Joint Direct Attack Munition
JDAM | a pinpoint bomb guidance device that can be strapped to a gravity bomb thus converting dumb bombs into smart bombs |
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 |
positive correlation
direct correlation | a correlation in which large values of one variable are associated with large values of the other and small with small, the correlation coefficient is between
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liaison
link
contact
inter-group communication | a channel for communication between groups, he provided a liaison with the guerrillas |
| direct mail | advertising sent directly to prospective customers via the mail |
| direct antonym | antonyms that are commonly associated (e.g., `wet' and `dry') |
direct object
object of the verb | the object that receives the direct action of the verb |
| direct evidence | evidence (usually the testimony of a witness) directly related to the fact in dispute |
| 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 |
direct discourse
direct quotation | a report of the exact words used in a discourse (e.g., he said `I am a fool') |
| direct examination | (law) the initial questioning of a witness by the party that called the witness |
| 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 |
| direct tide | the occurrence of high tide on one side of the earth coinciding with high tide on the opposite side |
| direct sum | a union of two disjoint sets in which every element is the sum of an element from each of the disjoint sets |
| direct mailer | a distributor who uses direct mail to sell merchandise |
| direct-grant school | formerly a school that charged tuition fees and also received government grants in return for admitting certain non-paying students who were nominated by the local authorities |
| direct transmission | a transmission mechanism in which the infectious agent is transferred directly into the body via touching or biting or kissing or sexual intercourse or by droplets entering the eye or nose or mouth |
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 |
direct current
DC
direct electric current | an electric current that flows in one direction steadily |
| direct tax | a tax paid directly by the person or organization on whom it is levied |
direct trust
express trust | a trust created by the free and deliberate act of the parties involved (usually on the basis of written documentation) |
| direct loan | a loan by a lender to a customer without the use of a third party, direct lending gives the lender greater discretion in making loans |
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 |
contrast
direct contrast | the opposition or dissimilarity of things that are compared, in contrast to, by contrast |
| 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 |
direct dye
substantive dye | dye with a high affinity for cellulose fibers (cotton or rayon etc.) |
mastermind
engineer
direct
organize
organise
orchestrate | plan and direct (a complex undertaking), he masterminded the robbery |
| calculate aim direct | specifically design a product, event, or activity for a certain public |
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 |
| direct | command with authority, He directed the children to do their homework |
| direct | give directions to, point somebody into a certain direction, I directed them towards the town hall |