Wiktionary
n. 1 the connection where two or more electrical conductors meet or are joined. 2 the point on a conductor or electrical device where the connection happens.
WordNet
n. contact that allows current to pass from one conductor to another
Usage examples of "electrical contact".
I looked more closely at the nickel-cadmium cells and saw that they were joined to one another and to the radio set by wire-cored rubber leads with very powerful spring-loaded sawtooth clips on the terminals: those last ensured perfect electrical contact, as well as being very convenient to use.
I put an electrical contact into each U-tube--just a couple of wires separated by an air gap.
All you should do is keep it clean, brighten the electrical contact points should they become dull, and in general ensure that no physical damage goes unrepaired.
The opening relay closes an electrical contact which starts a phonograph loudspeaker—.
Bob Rife has figured out a way to make electrical contact with the part of the brain where Asherah lives.
He was confident that the construction of the still would afford a ground connection, but there was an anxious moment as he brought the voltage up to full value, because he had no way of testing the pod's own electrical contact with the ground.
All they had to do was fix an electrical contact to be closed at a given height, and—.
All they had to do was fix an electrical contact to be closed at a given height, and - bang!
They realized now that the roadster, in hitting the raised stick had closed an electrical contact which released the blast.
Then she crossed over to Lenny, dabbed his forehead with alcohol, and began to attach one electrical contact after another.