Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for CON'TACT
CON'TACT, n. [L. contactus, from contingo, to touch; con and tango, to touch, originally tago; Gr. θιγω. See Touch.]
A touching; touch; close union or juncture of bodies. Two bodies come in contact, when they meet without any sensible intervening space; the parts that touch are called the points of contact.
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