Contact
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Contact may refer to:

Social interaction

  • Contact (social), a person who can offer help in achieving goals
  • Contact (amateur radio)
  • First contact (anthropology)
    First contact (anthropology)
    First contact is a term describing the first meeting of two cultures previously unaware of one another. One notable example of first contact is that between the Spanish and the Arawak in 1492....

    , an initial meeting of two cultures
  • Language contact
    Language contact
    Language contact occurs when two or more languages or varieties interact. The study of language contact is called contact linguistics.Multilingualism has likely been common throughout much of human history, and today most people in the world are multilingual...

    , the interaction of two or more languages

Mathematics and engineering

  • Contact (mathematics)
    Contact (mathematics)
    In mathematics, contact of order k of functions is an equivalence relation, corresponding to having the same value at a point P and also the same derivatives there, up to order k. The equivalence classes are generally called jets...

    , an equivalence relation
  • Contact mechanics
    Contact mechanics
    Contact mechanics is the study of the deformation of solids that touch each other at one or more points. The physical and mathematical formulation of the subject is built upon the mechanics of materials and continuum mechanics and focuses on computations involving elastic, viscoelastic, and plastic...

    , the study of solid objects that deform when touching each other
  • Contact process
    Contact process
    The contact process is the current method of producing sulphuric acid in the high concentrations needed for industrial processes. Platinum was formerly employed as a catalyst for the reaction, but as it is susceptible to poisoning by arsenic impurities in the sulfur feedstock, vanadium oxide is...

    , a method of producing sulfuric acid
  • Contact process (mathematics), a model of an interacting particle system
  • Electrical contact

Film

  • Contact (film)
    Contact (film)
    Contact is a 1997 American science fiction drama film adapted from the Carl Sagan novel of the same name and directed by Robert Zemeckis. Both Sagan and wife Ann Druyan wrote the story outline for the film adaptation of Contact....

  • Contact (short film)
  • Contact (animated short film)
    Contact (animated short film)
    Contact or Kontakt is an award-winning 1978 Soviet animated short film.-Plot:A painter leaves the town and walks around countryside. While he is resting on the grass, humming the melody of "Speak Softly Love" - the Love Theme From The Godfather, a large spaceship lands near him...


Albums

  • Contact (Minori Chihara album)
    Contact (Minori Chihara album)
    Contact is Minori Chihara's second solo album. It was first announced to be released at a press conference held during August 16th, 2007 as part of her singing career revival and contains the titular tracks from her two CD singles: Junpaku Sanctuary and Kimi ga Kureta Anohi. Its first pressing is a...

  • Contact (Fantastic Plastic Machine album)
  • Contact (Indo G album)
    Contact (Indo G album)
    Contact is the eighth studio album by rapper Indo G. It was made in collaboration with Lil Blunt.-Track listing:# "Intro" - 1:23# "Get the Hell Out of Here" - 4:07# "Holla at Cha Boy" - 4:41...

  • Contact (Mad Heads album)
    Contact (Mad Heads album)
    Contact is the fourth album from the Ukrainian psychobilly band Mad Heads. It was released in Ukraine and in Germany and it was the first album consisting only of Ukrainian and Russian language songs....

  • Contact (Freda Payne album)
    Contact (Freda Payne album)
    Contact was Freda Payne's fourth album and her second for Invictus Records. The majority of the material on this album contains sad themes, with the exception of "You Brought the Joy." The album begins with a dramatic 11-minute medley of "I'm Not Getting Any Better" and "Suddenly It's Yesterday,"...

  • Contact (Platinum Blonde album)
    Contact (Platinum Blonde album)
    Contact, the 3rd album from the new wave band Platinum Blonde, was released in 1987. Canadian sales of Alien Shores and Contact exceeded 100,000 copies....

  • Contact (Pointer Sisters album)
    Contact (Pointer Sisters album)
    Contact is the eleventh studio album by the American vocal group The Pointer Sisters, released in 1985 on the RCA label.-History:The album yielded chart hits with the singles "Dare Me" , "Freedom" and "Twist My Arm"...

  • Contact (Silver Apples album)
    Contact (Silver Apples album)
    Contact is the second album by Silver Apples. The cover and inner artwork generated a lawsuit from Pan Am Airlines. The cover features the Silver Apples in a plane cockpit with drug paraphernalia and the inner artwork showed the band amongst plane wreckage playing banjos...

  • Contact (Thirteen Senses album)
    Contact (Thirteen Senses album)
    Contact is the second major label album from Thirteen Senses. Released in the UK on the 2 April 2007, it includes the single All the Love in Your Hands. It was originally scheduled for release on 22 January 2007, however, due to more songs being written and recorded, the release was postponed...

  • Contact!
    Contact!
    Contact! is the second album by Eiffel 65, released in 2001. The album's sound is much different from the group's 1999 debut Europop, taking influence from French house à la Daft Punk. It also incorporates synthpop elements...

    , an album by Eiffel 65
  • Contact, an album by The Benjamin Gate
    The Benjamin Gate
    The Benjamin Gate was a South African Christian band formed in 1998 following the motor vehicle accident and subsequent death of a mutual friend and fellow musician, Benjamin Herbert...


Songs

  • Contact (Phish song)
  • Contact (Edwin Starr song)
    Contact (Edwin Starr song)
    "Contact" is a 1978 disco single by Edwin Starr. The hook line is in the chorus, eye to eye conatct.The single was number one on the disco chart for one week, early in 1979. The single crossed over to the Billboard Hot 100, becoming his highest charting pop single in seven years, peaking at number...

  • Contact, a song by Anthrax on the album We've Come For You All
    We've Come for You All
    We've Come for You All is the ninth studio album by North American heavy metal band Anthrax. It included the singles "What Doesn't Die," "Safe Home," & "Takin' the Music Back." It is considered a comeback album for the band after lackluster commercial success of their previous two records. Despite...

  • Contact, a song by Brigitte Bardot
    Brigitte Bardot
    Brigitte Anne-Marie Bardot is a French former fashion model, actress, singer and animal rights activist. She was one of the best-known sex-symbols of the 1960s.In her early life, Bardot was an aspiring ballet dancer...

  • Contact, a single by Brooklyn Bounce
  • Contact, a song by Kyo on the album 300 Lésions
    300 Lésions
    300 Lésions is a 2004 album recorded by French pop-rock act Kyo. It was released on December 28, 2004, and achieved huge success in France, Belgium and Switzerland, where it was respectively #1, #1 and #2. This album, entirely composed by the band, is its third album overall and remains to date...

  • Contact, a song by The Police on the album Reggatta de Blanc
    Reggatta de Blanc
    Reggatta de Blanc is the second album by The Police, released in 1979. It features the band's first two number 1 hits, "Message in a Bottle" and "Walking on the Moon".-Background:...

  • Contact, a song from the musical Rent (musical)
    Rent (musical)
    Rent is a rock musical with music and lyrics by Jonathan Larson based on Giacomo Puccini's opera La bohème...

  • Contact, a song by Thirteen Senses on Contact (Thirteen Senses album)
    Contact (Thirteen Senses album)
    Contact is the second major label album from Thirteen Senses. Released in the UK on the 2 April 2007, it includes the single All the Love in Your Hands. It was originally scheduled for release on 22 January 2007, however, due to more songs being written and recorded, the release was postponed...


Games and sport

  • Contact (video game)
    Contact (video game)
    is a role-playing video game developed by Grasshopper Manufacture for the Nintendo DS handheld game console. It was published by Marvelous Entertainment in Japan on March 30, 2006, by Atlus in North America on October 19, 2006, and by Rising Star Games in Australasia and Europe on January 25, 2007...

  • Contact (word game)
  • Contact (tile game)
  • Contact sport
    Contact sport
    Many sports involve a degree of player-to-player or player-to-object contact. The term "contact sport" is used in both team sports and combat sports, medical terminology and television game shows, such as the Gladiators and Wipeout, to certain degrees...

    , a sport in which players make contact with other players or objects

Other uses

  • Contact (law)
    Contact (law)
    In family law, contact is one of the general terms which denotes the level of contact a parent or other significant person in a child's life can have with that child...

    , a concept related to visitation rights
  • Contact (musical)
    Contact (musical)
    Contact: The Musical is a musical "dance play" that was developed by Susan Stroman and John Weidman, with its "book" by Weidman and both choreography and direction by Stroman. It ran both off-Broadway and on Broadway in 1999 - 2000. It consists of three separate one-act dance...

    , a dance play
  • Contact (novel)
    Contact (novel)
    Contact is a science fiction novel written by Carl Sagan and published in 1985. It deals with the theme of contact between humanity and a more technologically advanced, extraterrestrial life form. It ranked No. 7 on the 1985 U.S. bestseller list....

    , by Carl Sagan
    Carl Sagan
    Carl Edward Sagan was an American astronomer, astrophysicist, cosmologist, author, science popularizer and science communicator in astronomy and natural sciences. He published more than 600 scientific papers and articles and was author, co-author or editor of more than 20 books...

  • Contact (The Culture)
    Contact (The Culture)
    In the science fiction of Iain M. Banks, Contact is an organization that exists within the anarchist/libertarian socialist civilization known as the Culture .- Activities :...

    , a fictional organization in the work Iain M. Banks
  • Contact Air
    Contact Air
    Contact Air Flugdienst is a regional airline headquartered in Stuttgart, Germany, operating scheduled services as part of Lufthansa Regional out of Stuttgart Airport, and on behalf of Swiss International Airlines out of Zürich Airport.- History :The airline was established by Gunther Eheim as a...

    , an airline
  • Contact Conference
    Contact Conference
    Contact is an annual interdisciplinary conference that brings together to exchange ideas, stimulate new perspectives and encourage serious, creative speculation about humanity's future...

    , an annual scientific conference
  • Contact Energy
    Contact Energy
    Contact Energy Limited is a New Zealand electricity generator, natural gas wholesaler and electricity, natural gas, and LPG retailer.The company is the second-largest electricity generator in New Zealand , generating 24 percent of New Zealand's electricity in the year ending 31 December 2009, and...

    , an energy company
  • Contact juggling
    Contact juggling
    Contact juggling is a form of object manipulation that focuses on the movement of objects such as balls in contact with the body. Although often used in conjunction with "toss juggling", it differs in that it involves the rolling of one or more objects without releasing them into the air...

  • Contact lens
    Contact lens
    A contact lens, or simply contact, is a lens placed on the eye. They are considered medical devices and can be worn to correct vision, for cosmetic or therapeutic reasons. In 2004, it was estimated that 125 million people use contact lenses worldwide, including 28 to 38 million in the United...

    , a lens placed on the eye
  • Contact print
    Contact print
    A contact print is a photographic image produced from film; sometimes from a film negative, and sometimes from a film positive. The defining characteristic of a contact print is that the photographic result is made by exposing through the film negative or positive, onto a light sensitive material...

    , a kind of photographic image
  • Sparśa
    SPARSA
    The Security Practices and Research Student Association is a Rochester Institute of Technology student-run organization that addresses security-related issues and how these issues affect multiple majors and disciplines...

    , a concept in Buddhism
  • Contact Theatre
    Contact Theatre
    -Contact:Contact is a multi-disciplinary arts venue in Manchester. Originally a traditional theatre Contact was rebranded in 1999 as a space specialising in producing work and providing opportunities for young people.-History:...

    , multi-disciplinary arts venue in Manchester, England

See also

  • 3-2-1 Contact
    3-2-1 Contact
    3-2-1 Contact is an American science educational television show that aired on PBS from 1980 to 1988, and an adjoining children's magazine. The show, a production of the Children's Television Workshop, teaches scientific principles and their applications. Dr. Edward G...

  • Contac, a medication brand
  • Kontakt (disambiguation)
  • Contactor
    Contactor
    A contactor is an electrically controlled switch used for switching a power circuit, similar to a relay except with higher current ratings. A contactor is controlled by a circuit which has a much lower power level than the switched circuit....

    , an electrically controlled switch used for switching a power circuit
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