Contaction
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Contaction is a noun meaning (obsolete) An act of touching.
Meaning
(obsolete) An act of touching.
Example Sentences
For ſphærical bodies move by fives, and every globular figure placed upon a plane, in direct volutation, returns to the firſt point of contaction in the firſt touch, accounting by the Axes of the Diameters or Cardinall points of the four quarters thereof.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include taction, touching, touch, contraction, contrectation, contr.
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