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contractions

contractions definition

contractions


 
  Grep  of  noun  contraction 
  braxton-hicks  contraction 
  contraction 
  muscular  contraction 
  premature  ventricular  contraction 
  uterine  contraction 
 
  Overview  of  noun  contraction 
 
  The  noun  contraction  has  3  senses  (first  1  from  tagged  texts) 
 
  1.  (1)  contraction,  muscular  contraction  --  ((physiology)  a  shortening  or  tensing  of  a  part  or  organ  (especially  of  a  muscle  or  muscle  fiber)) 
  2.  compression,  condensation,  contraction  --  (the  process  or  result  of  becoming  smaller  or  pressed  together:  "the  contraction  of  a  gas  on  cooling") 
  3.  contraction  --  (a  word  formed  from  two  or  more  words  by  omitting  or  combining  some  sounds:  "won't"  from  "will  not";  "o'clock"  from  "of  the  clock") 
 
  Overview  of  noun  contraction 
 
  The  noun  contraction  has  3  senses  (first  1  from  tagged  texts) 
 
  1.  (1)  contraction,  muscular  contraction  --  ((physiology)  a  shortening  or  tensing  of  a  part  or  organ  (especially  of  a  muscle  or  muscle  fiber)) 
  2.  compression,  condensation,  contraction  --  (the  process  or  result  of  becoming  smaller  or  pressed  together:  "the  contraction  of  a  gas  on  cooling") 
  3.  contraction  --  (a  word  formed  from  two  or  more  words  by  omitting  or  combining  some  sounds:  "won't"  from  "will  not";  "o'clock"  from  "of  the  clock") 



contractions definition