contacts – מילון אנגלי-אנגלי
contacts
n.
(Informal) contact lenses
contact
v.
establish communication, connect (with someone or something)
n.
link, touch; influential person who can help, middleman; physical connection; (Medicine) person who was recently exposed to a contagious disease; (Electricity) junction of electric conductors controlling current flow
Contact lens
A
contact lens, or simply
contact, is a thin
lens placed directly on the surface of the
eye. Contact lenses are considered medical devices and can be worn to
correct vision, or for
cosmetic or therapeutic reasons. In 2004, it was estimated that 125 million people (2%) use contact lenses worldwide, including 28 to 38 million in the United States. In 2010, worldwide contact lens market was estimated at $6.1 billion, while the U.S. soft lens market was estimated at $2.1 billion. Multiple scientists estimated that the global market would reach $11.7 billion by 2015. , the average age of contact lens wearers globally was 31 years old, and two thirds of wearers were female.
contact
Noun
1. close interaction; "they kept in daily contact"; "they claimed that they had been in contact with extraterrestrial beings"
(hypernym) interaction
(hyponym) brush
(derivation) reach, get through, get hold of
2. the state or condition of touching or of being in immediate proximity; "litmus paper turns red on contact with an acid"
(hypernym) connection, link, connectedness
(hyponym) osculation
(derivation) touch, adjoin, meet
3. the act of touching physically; "her fingers came in contact with the light switch"
(hypernym) touch, touching
(hyponym) rub, wipe
(derivation) touch, adjoin, meet
4. the physical coming together of two or more things; "contact with the pier scraped paint from the hull"
(synonym) impinging, striking
(hypernym) happening, occurrence, natural event
(hyponym) collision, hit
(derivation) touch, adjoin, meet
5. a person who is in a position to give you special assistance; "he used his business contacts to get an introduction to the governor"
(synonym) middleman
(hypernym) representative
6. a channel for communication between groups; "he provided a liaison with the guerrillas"
(synonym) liaison, link, inter-group communication
(hypernym) channel, communication channel, line
(derivation) reach, get through, get hold of
7. (electronics) a junction where things (as two electrical conductors) touch or are in physical contact; "they forget to solder the contacts"
(synonym) tangency
(hypernym) junction, conjunction
(hyponym) distributor point, breaker point, point
(classification) electronics
8. a communicative interaction; "the pilot made contact with the base"; "he got in touch with his colleagues"
(synonym) touch
(hypernym) communication, communicating
9. a thin curved glass or plastic lens designed to fit over the cornea in order to correct vision or to deliver medication
(synonym) contact lens
(hypernym) lens, lense, lens system
Verb
1. be in or establish communication with; "Our advertisements reach millions"; "He never contacted his children after he emigrated to Australia"
(synonym) reach, get through, get hold of
(hypernym) communicate, intercommunicate
(hyponym) ping
(derivation) liaison, link, inter-group communication
2. be in direct physical contact with; make contact; "The two buildings touch"; "Their hands touched"; "The wire must not contact the metal cover"; "The surfaces contact at this point"
(synonym) touch, adjoin, meet
(hyponym) cover, spread over
(verb-group) converge, meet
contact
nm.
contact, joining; touch, connection
contact
v.
kontaktovat
n.
kontakt; styk; dotyk; známý/známá
