A contact is part of the active component of an electric switch. This article is about electrical switches. ...

Contacts generally consist of metal buttons or wires that are plated with a good electrical conductor that is also corrosion-resistant, such as gold or silver. Electrical conduction is the current (movement of charged particles) through a material in response to an electric field. ... Corrosion is deterioration of useful properties in a material due to reactions with its environment. ... General Name, Symbol, Number Gold, Au, 79 Chemical series transition metals Group, Period, Block 11 (IB), 6, d Density, Hardness 19. ... General Name, Symbol, Number silver, Ag, 47 Chemical series Transition metals Group, Period, Block 11, 5, d Density, Hardness 10490 kg/m3, 2. ...

See also contact (mathematics), for the idea of curves (for example) touching. 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. ... In mathematics, the concept of a curve tries to capture our intuitive idea of a geometrical one-dimensional and continuous object. ...

Contact is also the title of a science fiction novel by Carl Sagan, and film adaptation. Contact is a science fiction novel written by Carl Sagan and published in 1985. ... A novel is an extended work of written, narrative, prose fiction, usually in story form; the writer of a novel is a novelist. ... A respected astronomer and dogged critic of pseudoscience, Carl Sagan is best known for his enthusiastic efforts at popularizing science. ... Contact DVD Contact is a 1997 film adaptation of the science fiction novel Contact by Carl Sagan. ...

In the Culture novels of Iain M. Banks Contact is the name of the Exploration (and sometimes military) corp of the Culture. See Contact (The Culture) For the main article on culture, see culture. ... Iain Menzies Banks (born on February 16, 1954 in Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland) writes mainstream novels as Iain Banks and science fiction as Iain M. Banks. ... In the science fiction of Iain M. Banks, Contact is an organisation that exists within the anarcho-socialist civilisation known as the Culture (which forms the basis of several of his novels and shorter works). ...

In address books, sales organizations, and electronic organizer devices, a contact is the name, address, phone number, and other pertinent information related to a client, vendor, friend, relative, or other associate.

The term contact is often used to refer to a contact lens. A soft contact lens A contact lens (also known as contact, for short) is a corrective or cosmetic lens placed on the cornea of the eye atop the iris. ...

Contact is also the name of a dance musical which won the 2000 Tony Award for Best Musical. 2000 is a leap year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... What is popularly called the Tony Award® but is formally the Antoinette Perry Award is an annual American award celebrating achievements in theater, including musical theater. ... 1940s 1949 Kiss Me, Kate - Music and lyrics by Cole Porter, book by Bella and Samuel Spewack. ...