wet contact

American  

noun

Electricity.

1. a contact through which direct current flows.

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Example Sentences

Current caps have wet contact electrodes that require liquid to be placed between the scalp and the sensor.

From BBC

The cool, wet contact of them with my dry, burning skin seemed to afford some relief to my tormenting thirst; and, encouraged by this small measure of success, I next cut a strip of leather from one of my boots and, dividing this into small pieces, I placed them, one at a time, in my mouth, masticating them as well as I could, and finally swallowing them.

From Project Gutenberg