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contact line

contact line noun: the line where a liquid, gas, and solid meet.

Noun

contact line (plural contact lines)

  1. The line where a liquid, gas, and solid meet.
  2. (uncommon) Synonym of line of contact.
    Synonyms:
    line of contact

Synonyms of contact line

Forms of contact line

pluralcontact lines

Questions about contact line

What does contact line mean?
Contact line means the line where a liquid, gas, and solid meet.
What part of speech is contact line?
Contact line is a noun.
What is the plural of contact line?
The plural of contact line is contact lines.

Words near contact line in the dictionary

  1. contact languages
  2. contact lens
  3. contact lenses
  4. contact level
  5. contact levels
  6. contact line
  7. contact lines
  8. contact linguistics
  9. contact manifold
  10. contact manifolds
  11. contact metamorphism

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