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contraction::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | compression, condensation |
| Type of | shrinkage, shrinking |
| Has types | constriction, coarctation |
the contraction of a gas on cooling.
contraction::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | muscle contraction, muscular contraction |
| Type of | shortening |
| Has types | braxton-hicks contraction, contracture, false labor, tetanus, uterine contraction, vaginismus |
| Derivation | contract |
contraction::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | word |
`won't' is a contraction of `will not'.
`o'clock' is a contraction of `of the clock'.
contraction::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | reduction, step-down, diminution, decrease |
| Derivation | contract |
Examples of contraction
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Readings above 50 indicate business expansion and below 50 point to contraction.
From the upi.com
That's still much better than the contraction that most rich countries will see.
From the time.com
The latest forecast for 2010, issued in May, projects a 0.1 percent contraction.
From the bloomberg.com
Normally the muscle relaxes a fifth of a second after contraction of the muscle.
From the sciencedaily.com
A reading above 50 suggests expansion, while one below 50 indicates contraction.
From the foxbusiness.com
That's when ranchers begin to sell off their animals and the contraction begins.
From the dailyherald.com
Rarely does myoclonus indicate anything other than arbitrary muscle contraction.
From the en.wikipedia.org
This contraction probably helps the channels to open, perhaps by deforming them.
From the newscientist.com
Australia's Treasurer, Wayne Swan, has warned of a possible economic contraction.
From the online.wsj.com
- (physiology) a shortening or tensing of a part or organ (especially of a muscle or muscle fiber)
- Compression: the process or result of becoming smaller or pressed together; "the contraction of a gas on cooling"
- A word formed from two or more words by omitting or combining some sounds; "`won't' is a contraction of `will not'"; "`o'clock' is a contraction of `of the clock'"
- The act of decreasing (something) in size or volume or quantity or scope
- In medicine (obstetrics), a contraction is a motion of the uterus as part of the process of childbirth. Contractions, and labour in general, is one condition that releases the hormone oxytocin into the body. Contractions become longer as labour intensifies.
- In economics, a recession is a business cycle contraction, a general slowdown in economic activity over a period of time. During recessions, many macroeconomic indicators vary in a similar way. ...
- In mathematics, a contraction mapping, or contraction, on a metric space (M,d) is a function f from M to itself, with the property that there is some real number such that for all x and y in M,
- A contraction is the shortening of a word, syllable, or word group by omission of internal letters. In traditional grammar, contraction can denote the formation of a new word from one word or a group of words, for example, by elision. ...
- In graph theory, an edge contraction is an operation which removes an edge from a graph while simultaneously merging together the two vertices it previously connected. Edge contraction is a fundamental operation in the theory of graph minors. ...
