Lexic.us

2. Noun. contact lenses ¹

3. Verb. (third-person singular of contact) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Contacts

1. contact [v] - See also: contact

Lexicographical Neighbors of Contacts

Literary usage of Contacts

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Homelessness: Programs and the People They Serve: Findings of the National by Martha R. Burt (1999)
"The average estimated number of program contacts per sampling area is about 17600 on an ... But the estimated numbers of program contacts range from a ..."

2. Health Status of Minorities & Low Income Groups by DIANE Publishing Company, Dept. of Health and Human Services, United States (1991)
"The measure used to analyze physician contacts in this chapter is the average annual number of contacts per person. Data on the time interval since the last ..."

3. The Negro in Chicago: A Study of Race Relations and a Race Riot by Illinois Chicago Commission on Race Relations (1922)
"Relations are less personal, contacts are wider and more frequent. ... The increasing number of these contacts cannot fail to influence the necessary ..."

4. The Negro in Chicago: A Study of Race Relations and a Race Riot by Chicago Commission on Race Relations (1922)
"Relations are less personal, contacts are wider and more frequent. ... The increasing number of these contacts cannot fail to influence the necessary ..."

5. Field Geology by Frederic Henry Lahee (1917)
"contacts 108. Shape of contacts.—Intrusive contacts may be straight jagged, ... Straight, jagged, and blocky contacts point to the invasion of fissures by ..."

6. A Dictionary of Electrical Words, Terms and Phrases by Edwin James Houston (1903)
"Tel] rith the wire r, and with the contacts I and 5 ; if connected by r1, with the contacts 2 and 6, , by the wire r', with the contacts 3 and 7, R», ..."

7. Community Policing In Madison: Quality From The Inside Out. An Evaluation Of by Mary Ann Wycoff (2004)
"TABLE 6-2 Frequency of Informal contacts Direction, Magnitude and ... The next table summarizes data about formal contacts with police that were initiated ..."

8. Automobile Ignition, Starting, and Lighting: A Comprehensive Analysis of the by Charles Brian Hayward (1922)
"contacts open when piston is at upper dead center. Spark fully retarded. ... contacts open when mark on flywheel is 14 inches past indicator. ..."

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