Home
3D
Stylish English
Comic Cartoon
Curly
Decorative
Dingbats
Dotted
Famous
Fire
Gothic
Groovy
Handwriting
Headline
more
Horror
Ice Snow
Modern
Outline
Russian
Sci Fi
Script
Valentine
Alien
Animals
Army Stencil
Asian
Bitmap Pixel
Black Letter
Blurred
Brush
Celtic Irish
Chalk Crayon
Christmas
Computer
Disney
Distorted
Easter
Fantasy
Fixed Width
Graffiti
Greek Roman
Halloween
Italic
LCD
Medieval
Mexican
Movies Tv
Old English
Old School
Pointed
Retro
Rock Stone
Rounded
School
Scratched
Serif
Square
Trash
Typewriter
USA
Various
Western
English to English Dictionary ⇛
A
B
C
D
E
F
G
H
I
J
K
L
M
N
O
P
Q
R
S
T
U
V
W
X
Y
Z
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.)
Something
contracted
or
abbreviated,
as a word or
phrase;
-- as,
plenipo
for
plenipotentiary;
crim. con. for
criminal
conversation,
etc..
Lern More About Contraction
☛ Wiki Definition of Contraction
☛ Wiki Article of Contraction
☛ Google Meaning of Contraction
☛ Google Search for Contraction
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..
Stenostome
::
Stenosis
(n.) A
narrowing
of the
opening
or
hollow
of any
passage,
tube, or
orifice;
as,
stenosis
of the
pylorus.
It
differs
from
stricture
in being
applied
especially
to
diffused
rather
than
localized
contractions,
and in
always
indicating
an
origin
organic
and not
spasmodic..
Cramp
::
Cramp (n.) A
spasmodic
and
painful
involuntary
contraction
of a
muscle
or
muscles,
as of the leg..
Contracture
::
Contracture
(n.) A state of
permanent
rigidity
or
contraction
of the
muscles,
generally
of the
flexor
muscles..
Strictured
::
Stricture
(n.) A
localized
morbid
contraction
of any
passage
of the body. Cf.
Organic
stricture,
and
Spasmodic
stricture,
under
Organic,
and
Spasmodic..
Contraction
::
Contraction
(n.) A
marriage
contract.
Convulsion
::
Convulsion
(n.) An
unnatural,
violent,
and
unvoluntary
contraction
of the
muscular
parts of an
animal
body..
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..
Contraction
::
Contraction
(n.)
Something
contracted
or
abbreviated,
as a word or
phrase;
-- as,
plenipo
for
plenipotentiary;
crim. con. for
criminal
conversation,
etc..
Photo
::
Photo (n.) A
contraction
of
Photograph.
Electro-muscular
::
Electro-muscular
(a.)
Pertaining
the
reaction
(contraction)
of the
muscles
under
electricity,
or their
sensibility
to it..
Systyle
::
Systolic
(a.) Of or
pertaining
to
systole,
or
contraction;
contracting;
esp.,
relating
to the
systole
of the
heart;
as,
systolic
murmur..
''t Was
::
'T was () A
contraction
of it was.
Shock
::
Shock (n.) The
sudden
convulsion
or
contraction
of the
muscles,
with the
feeling
of a
concussion,
caused
by the
discharge,
through
the
animal
system,
of
electricity
from a
charged
body..
Systasis
::
Systaltic
(a.)
Capable
of, or
taking
place by,
alternate
contraction
and
dilatation;
as, the
systaltic
action
of the
heart..
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..
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..
Shrinkage
::
Shrinkage
(n.) The
amount
of such
contraction;
the bulk or
dimension
lost by
shrinking,
as of
grain,
castings,
etc..
Ma''am
::
Ma'am (n.)
Madam;
my lady; -- a
colloquial
contraction
of madam often used in
direct
address,
and
sometimes
as an
appellation..
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..
Random Fonts
Most Popular
Privacy Policy
GDPR Policy
Terms & Conditions
Contact Us