"contactive" meaning in English

See contactive in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

Head templates: {{en-adj|?}} contactive
  1. Involving or pertaining to direct physical contact.
    Sense id: en-contactive-en-adj-Jnf~dlKw
  2. (linguistics, syntax) Implying direct or physical contact. Categories (topical): Linguistics
    Sense id: en-contactive-en-adj-xWZiaodr Topics: human-sciences, linguistics, sciences, syntax
  3. (linguistics, of a speech act) Serving to initiate contact; introductory. Categories (topical): Linguistics
    Sense id: en-contactive-en-adj-VX-KMycb Topics: human-sciences, linguistics, sciences
  4. (physics, of sound) Produced by the contact of air with an object (such as the sound produced by blowing over the lip of a bottle), as opposed to being produced by vibrations on the part of an object. Categories (topical): Physics
    Sense id: en-contactive-en-adj-8Z8-vagH Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 23 11 10 43 13 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 25 8 7 48 12 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 29 5 5 55 6 Topics: natural-sciences, physical-sciences, physics
  5. (statistics) Contiguous but not coordinated Categories (topical): Statistics
    Sense id: en-contactive-en-adj-GgxLA0G~ Topics: mathematics, sciences, statistics
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: contactiveness
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          "ref": "1845, Francis Fauvel-Gouraud, Phreno-mnemotechny: Or, The Art of Memory, page 40:",
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          "ref": "1924, Carnegie Institution of Washington Publication - Volume 351, page 98:",
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          "ref": "1996, S.V. Miroshnichenko, V.G. Synkov, “Strength of the High Pressure Chamber Made from Paramagnetic Materials”, in W Trzeciakowski, editor, High Pressure Science And Technology, page 39:",
          "text": "To exclude secondary plasticity in the hardening layer while its pressing with internal one and during following loadings, the autofretting is realized in cyclic regime \"loading-absolute unloading\" and is finished at the stabilization of contactive stresses level on the mating surfaces (as a rule after 4 - 5 \"loading-unloading\" cycles)",
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          "text": "Contactive language resembles ritual language in its formulistic character ( \" How are you,\" \"What's new?\" etc. ) but differs in its tone and purpose.",
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          "ref": "1983, John R. Bittner, Each Other: An Introduction to Interpersonal Communication, page 122:",
          "text": "Slightly more complex than impulsive patterns are contactive patterns. Contactive patterns are most frequently used when we are attempting to initiate \"contact\" or gain the attention of another person.",
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