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first contacts

first contacts is the plural of first contact.

Meaning of first contact

Noun

first contact (usually uncountable, plural first contacts)

  1. (usually) The first meeting between people of two previously unknown cultures.
  2. (usually) The first meeting between humans and extraterrestrials.
    • He had piloted the Adastra to its first contact with the civilization of another solar system. His lifework was done and he was wholly prepared to rest.1935 March, Murray Leinster, “Proxima Centauri”, in Astounding Stories, volume 15, number 1, New York: Street & Smith Publications, page 21
  3. (usually) The moment, during an eclipse or transit, when the apparent positions of the two bodies first touch.

Questions about first contacts

What is first contacts the plural of?
First contacts is the plural of first contact.

Words near first contacts in the dictionary

  1. First Communions
  2. first conditional
  3. first conditionals
  4. first contact
  5. First Contact Day
  6. first contacts
  7. first cosmic velocities
  8. first cosmic velocity
  9. first cousin
  10. first cousin once removed
  11. first cousin thrice removed

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