Contact

Contact may refer to:

Interaction

Physical interaction

• Contact (geology), a common geological feature
• Contact lens or contact, a lens placed on the eye
• Contact sport, a sport in which players make contact with other players or objects
• Contact juggling
• Contact mechanics, the study of solid objects that deform when touching each other
• Contact process (mathematics), a model of an interacting particle system
• Electrical contacts
• Sparśa, a concept in Buddhism that in Sanskrit/Indian language is translated as "contact", "touching", "sensation", "sense impression", etc.

Social interaction

• Contact (amateur radio)
• Contact (law), a concept related to visitation rights
• Contact (social), a person who can offer help in achieving goals
• Contact Conference, an annual scientific conference
• Extraterrestrial contact, see Search for extraterrestrial intelligence
• First contact (anthropology), an initial meeting of two cultures
• Language contact, the interaction of two or more languages

Arts, entertainment, and media

Films

• The Contact (1963 film), educational film starring John Hurt
• Contact (1978 film), a Soviet animated short film
• Contact (1992 film), a short film by Jonathan Darby, with Brad Pitt
• Contact (1997 American film), a science fiction drama film adapted from the Carl Sagan novel
• The Contact (1997 South Korean film), (접속 Jeopsok, "connection"), a romance film
• Contact, a 2002 short film by Kieran Galvin
• Contact (2009 film), an Australian documentary film

Games

• Contact (tile game)
• Contact (video game), a 2006 role-playing video game
• Contact, a social word-guessing game similar to Botticelli

Music

Albums

• Contact (ATB album)
• Contact (Boney James album)
• Contact (Fancy album)
• Contact (Fantastic Plastic Machine album)
• Contact (Freda Payne album)
• Contact (Indo G album)
• Contact (Mad Heads album)
• Contact (Minori Chihara album)
• Contact (Noisettes album)
• Contact (Platinum Blonde album)
• Contact (Pointer Sisters album)
• Contact (Silver Apples album)
• Contact (Thirteen Senses album)
• Contact, an album by The Benjamin Gate
• Contact! (Eiffel 65 album), 2001
• Contact! (Ray Barretto album), 1998

Songs

• "Contact" (Daft Punk song) (2013)
• "Contact" (Edwin Starr song) (1978)
• "Contact", a song by Anthrax from We've Come for You All
• "Contact", a song by Big Audio Dynamite from Megatop Phoenix
• "Contact", a song by Brigitte Bardot
• "Contact", a song by Brooklyn Bounce
• "Contact", a song by Kyo from 300 Lésions
• "Contact", a song by Glenn Morrison
• "Contact", a song by Phish from Junta
• "Contact", a song by The Police from Reggatta de Blanc
• "Contact", a song by Spirit from Rapture in the Chambers
• "Contact", a song from the musical Rent

Television

• "Contact", a 1995 episode of Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman
• "Contact" (Saving Hope), a 2012 episode of Saving Hope
• "Contact" (Halo), the series premiere of Halo

Literature

• Contact (magazine), an American literary "little magazine"
• Contact (novel), a novel by Carl Sagan
• The Contact, a 1985 novel by Garikai Mutasa

Other uses in arts, entertainment, and media

• Contact (musical), a 1999 dance play
• Contact (The Culture), a fictional organization in the works of Iain M. Banks

Brands and enterprises

• Contact Air, an airline
• Contact Energy, an energy company
• Contact Theatre, a multi-disciplinary arts venue in Manchester, England

Other uses

• Contact (mathematics), an equivalence relation
• Contact paper or contact, a self-adhesive, PVC or paper film, used for covering or lining
• Contact print, a kind of photographic image
• Contact process, a method of producing sulfuric acid
• Contact, Nevada, USA; an unincorporated community
• Contacts (Apple), address book software included with several Apple operating systems
• Google Contacts, a contact management service developed by Google
• Transit (astronomy)#Contacts, specific points in time during a transit or eclipse

See also

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• 3-2-1 Contact, an American science educational television show
• Contac, a medication brand
• Contactor, an electrically controlled switch used for switching a power circuit
• Touch (disambiguation)
• Kontakt (disambiguation)
• Kontact
• Contakt

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