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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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An't
::
An't () A
contraction
for are and am not; also used for is not; -- now
usually
written
ain't.
Corrugation
::
Corrugation
(n.) The act
corrugating;
contraction
into
wrinkles
or
alternate
ridges
and
grooves.
Contraction
::
Contraction
(n.) 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
tendion;
the
contraction
produced
by
cold..
Sartorius
::
Sartorius
(n.) A
muscle
of the
thigh,
called
the
tailor's
muscle,
which
arises
from the hip bone and is
inserted
just below the knee. So named
because
its
contraction
was
supposed
to
produce
the
position
of the legs
assumed
by the
tailor
in
sitting..
I'' Ll
::
I' ll ()
Contraction
for I will or I
shall.
Synallagmatic
::
Synalepha
(n.) A
contraction
of
syllables
by
suppressing
some vowel or
diphthong
at the end of a word,
before
another
vowel or
diphthong;
as, th' army, for the
army..
Rounded
::
Rounded
(a.)
Modified
by
contraction
of the lip
opening;
labialized;
labial.
See Guide to
Pronunciation,
/ 11..
Labial
::
Labial
(a.)
Modified,
as a
vowel,
by
contraction
of the lip
opening,
as /
(f/d),
/
(/ld),
etc., and as eu and u in
French,
and o, u in
German.
See Guide to
Pronunciation,
// 11, 178..
I''ve
::
I've ()
Colloquial
contraction
of I have.
Tetanic
::
Tetanic
(a.)
Producing,
or
tending
to
produce,
tetanus,
or tonic
contraction
of the
muscles;
as, a
tetanic
remedy.
See
Tetanic,
n..
Labialization
::
Labialization
(n.) The
modification
of an
articulation
by
contraction
of the lip
opening.
Is''t
::
Is't () A
contraction
of is it.
Wa''n''t
::
Wa'n't
() A
colloquial
contraction
of was not.
Rigor
::
Rigor (n.) A sense of
chilliness,
with
contraction
of the skin; a
convulsive
shuddering
or
tremor,
as in the chill
preceding
a
fever..
Ammeter
::
Ammeter
(n.) A
contraction
of
amperometer
or
amperemeter.
Vingtun
::
Vingtun
(n.)
Contraction
for Vingt et un.
Swom
::
Swoln ()
Contraction
of
Swollen,
p. p..
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..
Halt
::
Halt () 3d pers. sing. pres. of Hold,
contraction
for
holdeth..
Labialize
::
Labialize
(v. t.) To
modify
by
contraction
of the lip
opening.
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