contacts (noun)

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• contacts — noun contact lenses …   Wiktionary

• minimum contacts — noun In United States civil procedure, the contact required between a party and a state in order for the courts of that state to constitutionally assert personal jurisdiction over that party …   Wiktionary

• spark arrester — noun 1. electrical device to reduce sparking when electrical contacts are opened or closed • Hypernyms: ↑electrical device 2. a wire net to stop sparks from an open fireplace or smokestack • Syn: ↑sparker • Hypernyms: ↑net, ↑network, ↑ …   Useful english dictionary

• oil switch — noun : a switch in which the contacts are immersed in oil * * * oil switch, an electric switch whose contacts move in oil to prevent sparking …   Useful english dictionary

• slip ring — noun connection consisting of a metal ring on a rotating part of a machine; provides a continuous electrical connection through brushes on stationary contacts • Hypernyms: ↑connection, ↑connexion, ↑connector, ↑connecter, ↑connective * * * noun :… …   Useful english dictionary

• international relations — noun plural but singular in construction : a branch of political science concerned with relations between political units of national rank and dealing primarily with foreign policies, the organization and function of governmental agencies… …   Useful english dictionary

• hot shoe — noun : a receptacle on a camera that provides a point of attachment and electrical contact for an electronic flash lamp * * * Photog. a bracket on a camera body that provides support and electrical contact for an electronic flash attachment.… …   Useful english dictionary

• underworld — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ dark, murky (esp. BrE), seedy, shadowy, sinister ▪ the dark underworld of smuggling ▪ criminal UNDERWOR …   Collocations dictionary

• influence — noun 1》 the capacity to have an effect on the character or behaviour of someone or something, or the effect itself.     ↘a person or thing with such a capacity. 2》 the power arising out of status, contacts, or wealth. 3》 Physics, archaic… …   English new terms dictionary

• network — noun 1》 an arrangement of intersecting horizontal and vertical lines. 2》 a group or system of interconnected people or things.     ↘a complex system of railways, roads, etc.     ↘a group of broadcasting stations that connect for the simultaneous… …   English new terms dictionary

• Acaridae — noun mites • Syn: ↑family Acaridae • Hypernyms: ↑arthropod family • Member Holonyms: ↑Acarina, ↑order Acarina • Member Meronyms: ↑acarid …   Useful english dictionary