02323 Cord"ed (k?rd"?d), a. 1. Bound or fastened with cords.2. Piled in a form for measurement by the cord.3. Made of cords. mark [Obs.] "A corded ladder."Shak.4. Striped or ribbed with cords; as, cloth with a corded surface.5. (Her.) Bound about, or wound, with cords.
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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