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Definition of contraction
Thanks for using this online dictionary, we have been helping millions of people improve their use of the english language with its free online services. English definition of contraction is as below...
Contraction
(n.) The act of
incurring
or
becoming
subject
to, as
liabilities,
obligation,
debts,
etc.; the
process
of
becoming
subject
to; as, the
contraction
of a
disease..
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Excito-motory
::
Excito-motory
(a.)
Exciting
motion;
-- said of that
portion
of the
nervous
system
concerned
in
reflex
actions,
by which
impressions
are
transmitted
to a nerve
center
and then
reflected
back so as to
produce
muscular
contraction
without
sensation
or
volition..
I''ve
::
I've ()
Colloquial
contraction
of I have.
Cello
::
Cello (n.) A
contraction
for
Violoncello.
Tetanic
::
Tetanic
(a.) Of or
pertaining
to
tetanus;
having
the
character
of
tetanus;
as, a
tetanic
state;
tetanic
contraction..
Round
::
Round (a.)
Modified,
as a
vowel,
by
contraction
of the lip
opening,
making
the
opening
more or less round in
shape;
rounded;
labialized;
labial.
See Guide to
Pronunciation,
/ 11..
Can''t
::
Can't () A
colloquial
contraction
for can not.
Tensive
::
Tensive
(a.)
Giving
the
sensation
of
tension,
stiffness,
or
contraction..
Pearlstone
::
Pearlstone
(n.) A
glassy
volcanic
rock of a
grayish
color and
pearly
luster,
often
having
a
spherulitic
concretionary
structure
due to the
curved
cracks
produced
by
contraction
in
cooling.
See
Illust.
under
Perlitic..
Muscle
::
Muscle
(n.) An organ
which,
by its
contraction,
produces
motion..
Strictured
::
Stricture
(n.) A
localized
morbid
contraction
of any
passage
of the body. Cf.
Organic
stricture,
and
Spasmodic
stricture,
under
Organic,
and
Spasmodic..
Brevity
::
Brevity
(n.)
Contraction
into few
words;
conciseness.
Soph
::
Soph (n.) A
contraction
of
Sophomore.
E''er
::
E'er
(adv.)
A
contraction
for ever. See Ever.
Swom
::
Swoln ()
Contraction
of
Swollen,
p. p..
Strabotomy
::
Strabismus
(n.) An
affection
of one or both eyes, in which the optic axes can not be
directed
to the same
object,
-- a
defect
due
either
to undue
contraction
or to undue
relaxation
of one or more of the
muscles
which move the
eyeball;
squinting;
cross-eye..
I''m
::
I'm () A
contraction
of I am.
Styptic
::
Styptic
(a.)
Producing
contraction;
stopping
bleeding;
having
the
quality
of
restraining
hemorrhage
when
applied
to the
bleeding
part;
astringent.
Corrugation
::
Corrugation
(n.) The act
corrugating;
contraction
into
wrinkles
or
alternate
ridges
and
grooves.
Bivalve
::
Bivalve
(n.) A
mollusk
having
a shell
consisting
of two
lateral
plates
or
valves
joined
together
by an
elastic
ligament
at the
hinge,
which is
usually
strengthened
by
prominences
called
teeth.
The shell is
closed
by the
contraction
of two
transverse
muscles
attached
to the inner
surface,
as in the clam, -- or by one, as in the
oyster.
See
Mollusca..
Systasis
::
Systaltic
(a.)
Capable
of, or
taking
place by,
alternate
contraction
and
dilatation;
as, the
systaltic
action
of the
heart..
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