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contactual

contactual adjective: of or relating to contact.

Adjective

contactual (comparative more contactual, superlative most contactual)

  1. Of or relating to contact.
    • Now imagine—for greater perspicuity—the Microcosm as a nether wheel consisting of 360 interstices (degrees), the revolutions of which ingroove themselves with twin projections from the Great Mechanism, thus effecting contactual points of attraction that resolve themselves into channels through...1917, American Academy of Astrologians, Year Book, page 162
    • We see that the contactual is essentially musical — as the musical is essentially contactual. One must be 'touched' before one can move.1973, Oliver Sacks, Awakenings

Forms of contactual

comparativemore contactual
superlativemost contactual

Origin of contactual

From contact + -ual.

Questions about contactual

What does contactual mean?
Contactual means of or relating to contact.
What part of speech is contactual?
Contactual is an adjective.

Words near contactual in the dictionary

  1. contactomorphism
  2. contactomorphisms
  3. contactor
  4. contactors
  5. contacts
  6. contactual
  7. contactually
  8. contadina
  9. contadinas
  10. contadine
  11. contadini

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