# Contact

Contact may refer to:

## Interaction
### Physical interaction

* Contact (geology), a common geological feature
* Contact lens or contact, a lens placed on the eye
* Contact sport, a sport in which players make contact with other players or objects
* Contact juggling
* Contact mechanics, the study of solid objects that deform when touching each other
* Contact process (mathematics), a model of an interacting particle system
* Electrical contacts
* Sparśa, a concept in Buddhism that in Sanskrit/Indian language is translated as "contact", "touching", "sensation", "sense impression", etc.

### Social interaction

* Contact (amateur radio)
* Contact (law), a concept related to visitation rights
* Contact (social), a person who can offer help in achieving goals
* Contact Conference, an annual scientific conference
* Extraterrestrial contact, see Search for extraterrestrial intelligence
* First contact (anthropology), an initial meeting of two cultures
* Language contact, the interaction of two or more languages

## Arts, entertainment, and media
### Films

* The Contact (1963 film), educational film starring John Hurt
* Contact (1978 film), a Soviet animated short film
* Contact (1992 film), a short film by Jonathan Darby, with Brad Pitt
* Contact (1997 American film), a science fiction drama film adapted from the Carl Sagan novel
* The Contact (1997 South Korean film), (접속 Jeopsok, "connection"), a romance film
* Contact, a 2002 short film by Kieran Galvin
* Contact (2009 film), an Australian documentary film

### Games

* Contact (tile game)
* Contact (video game), a 2006 role-playing video game
* Contact, a social word-guessing game similar to Botticelli

### Music
#### Albums

* Contact (ATB album)
* Contact (Boney James album)
* Contact (Fancy album)
* Contact (Fantastic Plastic Machine album)
* Contact (Freda Payne album)
* Contact (Indo G album)
* Contact (Mad Heads album)
* Contact (Minori Chihara album)
* Contact (Noisettes album)
* Contact (Platinum Blonde album)
* Contact (Pointer Sisters album)
* Contact (Silver Apples album)
* Contact (Thirteen Senses album)
* Contact, an album by The Benjamin Gate
* Contact! (Eiffel 65 album), 2001
* Contact! (Ray Barretto album), 1998

#### Songs

* "Contact" (Daft Punk song) (2013)
* "Contact" (Edwin Starr song) (1978)
* "Contact", a song by Anthrax from We've Come for You All
* "Contact", a song by Big Audio Dynamite from Megatop Phoenix
* "Contact", a song by Brigitte Bardot
* "Contact", a song by Brooklyn Bounce
* "Contact", a song by Kyo from 300 Lésions
* "Contact", a song by Glenn Morrison
* "Contact", a song by Phish from Junta
* "Contact", a song by The Police from Reggatta de Blanc
* "Contact", a song by Spirit from Rapture in the Chambers
* "Contact", a song from the musical Rent

### Television

* "Contact", a 1995 episode of Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman
* "Contact" (Saving Hope), a 2012 episode of Saving Hope
* "Contact" (Halo), the series premiere of Halo

### Literature

* Contact (magazine), an American literary "little magazine"
* Contact (novel), a novel by Carl Sagan
* The Contact, a 1985 novel by Garikai Mutasa

### Other uses in arts, entertainment, and media

* Contact (musical), a 1999 dance play
* Contact (The Culture), a fictional organization in the works of Iain M. Banks

## Brands and enterprises

* Contact Air, an airline
* Contact Energy, an energy company
* Contact Theatre, a multi-disciplinary arts venue in Manchester, England

## Other uses

* Contact (mathematics), an equivalence relation
* Contact paper or contact, a self-adhesive, PVC or paper film, used for covering or lining
* Contact print, a kind of photographic image
* Contact process, a method of producing sulfuric acid
* Contact, Nevada, USA; an unincorporated community
* Contacts (Apple), address book software included with several Apple operating systems
* Google Contacts, a contact management service developed by Google
* Transit (astronomy)#Contacts, specific points in time during a transit or eclipse