first contact (English, noun)
expansion: first contact (usually uncountable, plural first contacts)
Senses:
topics: anthropology
human-sciences
sciences
glosses: The first meeting between people of two previously unknown cultures.
tags: uncountable
usually
topics: literature
media
publishing
science-fiction
glosses: The first meeting between humans and extraterrestrials.
tags: uncountable
usually
topics: astronomy
natural-sciences
glosses: The moment, during an eclipse or transit, when the apparent positions of the two bodies first touch.
tags: uncountable
usually
Forms:
form: first contacts
tags: plural