Contact paper

Description

1) A photosensitive paper typically made with a silver chloride in an albumen emulsion. Contact paper is used to make a contact print by placing it in direct contact with a photographic negative. See contact print.

2) An adhesive-backed paper or plastic sheet. Contact paper is used for decoration and shelf-lining.

Authority

• Random House, Webster's Encyclopedic Unabridged Dictionary of the English Language, Grammercy Book, New York, 1997

• The American Heritage Dictionary or Encarta, via Microsoft Bookshelf 98, Microsoft Corp., 1998