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21Line dance — A line dance is choreographed dance with a repeated sequence of steps in which a group of people dance in one or more lines (British English, rows ) without regard for the gender of the individuals, all facing the same direction, and executing… …
22Contact binary — This article is about contact binary stars. For asteroids, see Contact binary (asteroid). In astronomy, a contact binary is a binary star system whose component stars are so close that they touch each other or have merged to share their gaseous… …
23Contact angle — Cloth, treated to be hydrophobic, shows a high contact angle. The contact angle is the angle at which a liquid/vapor interface meets a solid surface. The contact angle is specific for any given system and is determined by the interactions across …
24Contact (mathematics) — Osculation redirects here. For other meanings, see Kiss. In mathematics, contact of order k of functions is an equivalence relation, corresponding to having the same value at a point P and also the same derivatives there, up to order k. The… …
25Contact image sensor — CIS of a flatbed scanner A4 USB CIS flat …
26Contact process (mathematics) — The Contact Process (on a 1 D lattice): Active sites are indicated by grey circles and inactive sites by dotted circles. Active sites can activate inactive sites to either side of them at a rate r/2 or become inactive at rate 1. The contact… …
27Line printer — IBM 1403 line printer, the classic line printer of the mainframe era. The line printer is a form of high speed impact printer in which one line of type is printed at a time. They are mostly associated with the early days of computing, but the… …
28Contact play — The contact play is a base running play in the sport of baseball. It can take place with a runner on third base and/or a runner at second base. Similar to the safety squeeze play, the runner at third breaks for home as soon as he sees that the… …
29contact breaker — circuit breaker cir cuit break er, n. (Elec.) A device contained within an electrical circuit designed to interrupt the circuit when the current exceeds a preset value; it is sometimes called a {contact breaker}. Its function is to prevent fire… …
30contact paper — 1. Photog. sensitized paper on which a contact print is made. 2. an adhesive backed paper or paperlike product, used to line shelves, decorate surfaces, etc. * * * …
