02319 Co*par"ce*ner (?), n. [Pref. co- + parcener.] (Law) One who has an equal portion with others of an inheritance.All the coparceners together make but one heir, and have but one estate among them.
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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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