| contraction | (shrinkage) - The volume change typically occurring in metals and alloys on solidification and cooling to room temperature | en |
| contraction | A marriage contract | en |
| contraction | the act of decreasing (something) in size or volume or quantity or scope (physiology) a shortening or tensing of a part or organ (especially of a muscle or muscle fiber) 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' | en |
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| contraction | The volume change typically occurring in metals and alloys on solidification and cooling to room temperature | en |
| contraction | The shortening or tightening of a muscle | en |
| contraction | the combination of two words through omission of one or more letters and use of an apostrophe Ex :hasnt (for has not) | en |
| contraction | one phase of the business cycle characterized by a downturn in overall economic activity accompanied by rising unemployment and declining real gross domestic product (a trough represents the end of a contraction) | en |
| contraction | Expansion of soils | en |
| contraction | the combination of two words through omission of one or more letters and use of an apostrophe Ex :hasnt (for has not) | en |
| contraction | for criminal conversation, etc | en |
| contraction | The shortening of a word, or of two words, by the omission of a letter or letters, or by reducing two or more vowels or syllables to one; as, ne'er for never; can't for can not; don't for do not; it's for it is | en |
| contraction | A strong and often painful shortening of the uterine muscles prior to or during childbirth | en |
| contraction | A shortened word or phrase, with the missing letters represented by the apostrophe | en |
| contraction | The shortening of a muscle when it is used | en |
| contraction | contr | en |
| contraction | A reduction in size or activity | en |
| contraction | The act or process of contracting, shortening, or shrinking; the state of being contracted; as, contraction of the heart, of the pupil of the eye, or of a tendon; the contraction produced by cold | en |
| contraction | The process of shortening an operation | en |
| contraction | The act of incurring or becoming subject to, as liabilities, obligation, debts, etc | en |
| contraction | the process of becoming subject to; as, the contraction of a disease | en |
| contraction | Something contracted or abbreviated, as a word or phrase; as, plenipo for plenipotentiary; crim | en |
| contraction | act of contracting; spasm; shortening, shrinking; shortened form of a word or phrase that contains an apostrophe in place of missing letters (i.e. she's); strong and usually painful movement of the muscles in the womb that helps to push the baby out of the mother's body during the process of birth isim | en |
| contraction | of an undirected graph G = (V, E) by an edge e = (u, v) is a graph G′ = (V′, E′), where V′ = V - {u, v} ∪ {x} and x is a new vertex (See page 1084) | en |
| contraction | An mutation in which the child has fewer copies of a certain codon in a gene than either of the parents In Huntington's Disease, a contraction occurs when the child has fewer copies CAG in the Huntington gene than either of the parents Contractions are the opposite of expansions | en |
| contraction | The beat of the heart, caused by a quick shortening of the heart muscle and resulting in the pumping of blood to the rest of the body | en |
| contraction | a short way to write two words as one by writing the two words together, leaving out one or more letters and replacing the missing letters by an apostrophe (cannot = cant) | en |
| contraction | (dance) tightening of a muscle or group of muscles to cause flexion of a joint or body area | en |
| contraction | the act of decreasing (something) in size or volume or quantity or scope | en |
| contraction | 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'" | en |
| contraction | When a woman who is about to give birth has contractions, she experiences a very strong, painful tightening of the muscles of her womb | en |
| contraction | A contraction is a shortened form of a word or words. `It's' should be used only as a contraction for `it is'. see also contract | en |
| contraction | (physiology) a shortening or tensing of a part or organ (especially of a muscle or muscle fiber) | en |
| contraction | the process or result of becoming smaller or pressed together; "the contraction of a gas on cooling" | en |
| contraction | Shortened form of a word which ends in the same letter as the word itself | en |
| contraction | A decrease in the dimension of interest (i e , length) | en |
| contraction | act of getting smaller, like national income during a recession | en |
| contraction | shrinkage of the unit which occurs during manufacture as a result of drying and firing | en |
| contraction | the action of drawing together | en |
| contraction | shortening and/or development of tension in muscle | en |
| contraction | Two words that can be combined to make a shorter word by omitting one or more letters: He didn't hit the ball over the fence (did + not) | en |
| contraction | The shortening and lengthening of a muscle that occurs while performing an exercise | en |
| contraction | a form that is created when two words are combined, with some letters missing, as in 'you've' for 'you have', or 'doesn't for 'does not ' These are usually only used in direct or reported speech or informal text See also apostrophe | en |
| contraction | rhythmic tightening of the uterus, usually causing the cervix to dilate and allow the passage of the baby In labor contractions get stronger, closer together and longer | en |
| contraction | A decrease in size due to a temperature change It should not be confused with shrinkage, which is a non-reversible occurrence Contraction is reversible with a reverse in the temperature change As a piece of ceramics heats and cools, it expands and contracts The rate of expansion and contraction of a glaze must be compatible with that of the claybody, otherwise flaking off or separation of the glaze may occur In pottery, this should be a concern when considering glaze fit and ovenware See also glaze fit, ovenware, shrinkage | en |
| contraction | The reduction in the cross-sectional area of a stream channel (4) | en |
| contractions | plural of contraction | en |
| contractions | strong and usually painful movements of the muscles in the womb that help to push the baby out of the mother's body during the process of birth isim | en |