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Definition of contraction
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Contraction
(n.)
Something
contracted
or
abbreviated,
as a word or
phrase;
-- as,
plenipo
for
plenipotentiary;
crim. con. for
criminal
conversation,
etc..
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Strictured
::
Stricture
(n.) A
localized
morbid
contraction
of any
passage
of the body. Cf.
Organic
stricture,
and
Spasmodic
stricture,
under
Organic,
and
Spasmodic..
Larypgismus
::
Larypgismus
(n.) A
spasmodic
state of the
glottis,
giving
rise to
contraction
or
closure
of the
opening..
Intake
::
Intake
(n.) the
beginning
of a
contraction
or
narrowing
in a tube or
cylinder.
Volvulus
::
Volvulus
(n.) The
spasmodic
contraction
of the
intestines
which
causes
colic.
Muscle
::
Muscle
(n.) An organ
which,
by its
contraction,
produces
motion..
E''en
::
E'en
(adv.)
A
contraction
for even. See Even.
Rounding
::
Rounding
(n.)
Modifying
a
speech
sound by
contraction
of the lip
opening;
labializing;
labialization.
See Guide to
Pronunciation,
/ 11..
Electro-muscular
::
Electro-muscular
(a.)
Pertaining
the
reaction
(contraction)
of the
muscles
under
electricity,
or their
sensibility
to it..
T''other
::
T'other
() A
colloquial
contraction
of the
other,
and
formerly
a
contraction
for that
other.
See the Note under That, 2..
Brevity
::
Brevity
(n.)
Contraction
into few
words;
conciseness.
I''ve
::
I've ()
Colloquial
contraction
of I have.
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..
Ta''en
::
Ta'en () p. p. of Ta, to take, or a
contraction
of
Taken..
Tonicity
::
Tonicity
(n.) The state of
healthy
tension
or
partial
contraction
of
muscle
fibers
while at rest; tone;
tonus.
Stamped
::
Stammering
(n.) A
disturbance
in the
formation
of
sounds.
It is due
essentially
to
long-continued
spasmodic
contraction
of the
diaphragm,
by which
expiration
is
preented,
and hence it may be
considered
as a
spasmodic
inspiration..
Photo
::
Photo (n.) A
contraction
of
Photograph.
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..
Coz
::
Coz (n.) A
contraction
of
cousin.
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..
E''er
::
E'er
(adv.)
A
contraction
for ever. See Ever.
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