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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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Larypgismus
::
Larypgismus
(n.) A
spasmodic
state of the
glottis,
giving
rise to
contraction
or
closure
of the
opening..
I''d
::
I'd () A
contraction
from I would or I had.
Myodynamics
::
Myodynamics
(n.) The
department
of
physiology
which deals with the
principles
of
muscular
contraction;
the
exercise
of
muscular
force or
contraction.
Astriction
::
Astriction
(n.) A
contraction
of parts by
applications;
the
action
of an
astringent
substance
on the
animal
economy.
Can''t
::
Can't () A
colloquial
contraction
for can not.
Synedral
::
Synecphonesis
(n.) A
contraction
of two
syllables
into one;
synizesis.
Diastole
::
Diastole
(n.) The
rhythmical
expansion
or
dilatation
of the heart and
arteries;
--
correlative
to
systole,
or
contraction..
Muscle
::
Muscle
(n.) An organ
which,
by its
contraction,
produces
motion..
Corrugation
::
Corrugation
(n.) The act
corrugating;
contraction
into
wrinkles
or
alternate
ridges
and
grooves.
Twitch
::
Twitch
(n.) A
short,
spastic
contraction
of the
fibers
or
muscles;
a
simple
muscular
contraction;
as,
convulsive
twitches;
a
twitch
in the
side..
Godspeed
::
Godspeed
(n.)
Success;
prosperous
journeying;
-- a
contraction
of the
phrase,
God speed you..
Thermosystaltic
::
Thermosystaltic
(a.)
Influenced
in its
contraction
by heat or cold; -- said of a
muscle.
Halt
::
Halt () 3d pers. sing. pres. of Hold,
contraction
for
holdeth..
Thomsen''s Disease
::
Thomsen's
disease
() An
affection
apparently
congenital,
consisting
in tonic
contraction
and
stiffness
of the
voluntary
muscles
occurring
after a
period
of
muscular
inaction..
Tetanus
::
Tetanus
(n.) That
condition
of a
muscle
in which it is in a state of
continued
vibratory
contraction,
as when
stimulated
by a
series
of
induction
shocks..
Corrugate
::
Corrugate
(v. t.) To form or shape into
wrinkles
or
folds,
or
alternate
ridges
and
grooves,
as by
drawing,
contraction,
pressure,
bending,
or
otherwise;
to
wrinkle;
to purse up; as, to
corrugate
plates
of iron; to
corrugate
the
forehead..
Cello
::
Cello (n.) A
contraction
for
Violoncello.
Won''t
::
Won't () A
colloquial
contraction
of woll not. Will not. See Will.
Vaginismus
::
Vaginismus
(n.) A
painful
spasmodic
contraction
of the
vagina,
often
rendering
copulation
impossible..
Contraction
::
Contraction
(n.) 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..
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