02319 Co*\'94r"di*nate , v. t. [imp. & p.p. Co\'94rdinated; p.pr. & vb.n. Co\'94rdinating.] 1. To make co\'94rdinate; to put in the same order or rank; as, to co\'94rdinate ideas in classification.2. To give a common action, movement, or condition to; to regulate and combine so as to produce harmonious action; to adjust; to harmonize; as, to co\'94rdinate muscular movements.
02311 Con"tact (?), n. [L. contactus, fr. contingere, -tactum, to touch on all sides. See Contingent.] 1. A close union or junction of bodies; a touching or meeting.2. (Geom.) The property of two curves, or surfaces, which meet, and at the point of meeting have a common direction.3. (Mining) The plane between two adjacent bodies of dissimilar rock.Raymond.Contact level, a delicate level so pivoted as to tilt when two parts of a measuring apparatus come into contact with each other; -- used in precise determinations of lengths and in the accurate graduation of instruments.
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