02319 Cop"y*ing, a. & n. From Copy, v.Copying ink. See under Ink. -- Copying paper, thin unsized paper used for taking copies of letters, etc., in a copying press. -- Copying press, a machine for taking by pressure, an exact copy of letters, etc., written in copying ink.
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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