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 Con·tact n.
 1. A close union or junction of bodies; a touching or meeting.
 2. Geom. The property of two curves, or surfaces, which meet, and at the point of meeting have a common direction.
 3. Mining The plane between two adjacent bodies of dissimilar rock.
 Contact level, a delicate level so pivoted as to tilt when two parts of a measuring apparatus come into contact with each other; -- used in precise determinations of lengths and in the accurate graduation of instruments.
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