English Explanatory Dictionary

first contact

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The first meeting between people of two previously unknown cultures.
  2. The first meeting between humans and extraterrestrials.
  3. The moment, during an eclipse or transit, when the apparent positions of the two bodies first touch.

Word forms

first contact first contacts
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