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  2. Point of contact - Wikipedia

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    Point of contact. A point of contact (POC) or single point of contact (SPOC) is a person or a department serving as the coordinator or focal point of information concerning an activity or program. A POC is used in many cases where information is time-sensitive and accuracy is important. For example, they are used in WHOIS databases. [1]

  3. Contact force - Wikipedia

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    A contact force is any force that occurs as a result of two objects making contact with each other. [1] Contact forces are very common and are responsible for most visible interactions between macroscopic collections of matter. Pushing a car or kicking a ball are some of the everyday examples where contact forces are at work.

  4. Six degrees of separation - Wikipedia

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    Six Degrees of Inner Turbulence is a 2002 album by progressive metal band Dream Theater. English progressive rock band Arena released an album titled The Seventh Degree of Separation in 2011. The line “One degree of separation” is featured in the track Taste, from Sabrina Carpenter ’s 2024 album Short n’ Sweet.

  5. Touchpoint - Wikipedia

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    A touchpoint can be defined as any way consumers can interact with a business organization, whether person-to-person, through a website, an app or any form of communication ("Touchpoint Glossary", n.d.). When consumers connect with these touchpoints they can consider their perceptions of the business and form an opinion (Stein, & Ramaseshan, 2016).

  6. Synovial joint - Wikipedia

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    A synovial joint, also known as diarthrosis, join bones or cartilage with a fibrous joint capsule that is continuous with the periosteum of the joined bones, constitutes the outer boundary of a synovial cavity, and surrounds the bones' articulating surfaces. This joint unites long bones and permits free bone movement and greater mobility. [1]

  7. Place of articulation - Wikipedia

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    For the distinction between [ ], / / and , see IPA § Brackets and transcription delimiters. In articulatory phonetics, the place of articulation (also point of articulation) of a consonant is a location along the vocal tract where its production occurs. [1]: 10 It is a point where a constriction is made between an active and a passive articulator.

  8. Homorganic consonant - Wikipedia

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    Sub-apical. In phonetics, a homorganic consonant (from homo- "same" and organ " (speech) organ") is a consonant sound that is articulated in the same place of articulation as another. For example, [p], [b] and [m] are homorganic consonants of one another since they share the bilabial place of articulation. Consonants that are not articulated in ...

  9. Adhesion - Wikipedia

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    Process of attachment of a substance to the surface of another substance. Note 1: Adhesion requires energy that can come from chemical and/or physical. linkages, the latter being reversible when enough energy is applied. Note 2: In biology, adhesion reflects the behavior of cells shortly after contact. to the surface.