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Definition of contraction

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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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Han''t :: Han't () A contraction of have not, or has not, used in illiterate speech. In the United States the commoner spelling is hain't..

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..

Rounded :: Rounded (a.) Modified by contraction of the lip opening; labialized; labial. See Guide to Pronunciation, / 11..

Wryneck :: Wryneck (n.) A twisted or distorted neck; a deformity in which the neck is drawn to one side by a rigid contraction of one of the muscles of the neck; torticollis.

Photo :: Photo (n.) A contraction of Photograph.

Fore :: Fore (prep.) Before; -- sometimes written 'fore as if a contraction of afore or before.

Pulmograde :: Pulmograde (a.) Swimming by the expansion and contraction, or lunglike movement, of the body, or of the disk, as do the medusae..

Ammeter :: Ammeter (n.) A contraction of amperometer or amperemeter.

Astringent :: Astringent (n.) A medicine or other substance that produces contraction in the soft organic textures, and checks discharges of blood, mucus, etc..

Electro-muscular :: Electro-muscular (a.) Pertaining the reaction (contraction) of the muscles under electricity, or their sensibility to it..

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..

Myotic :: Myotic (a.) Producing myosis, or contraction of the pupil of the eye, as opium, calabar bean, etc..

Muscle :: Muscle (n.) An organ which, by its contraction, produces motion..

Soph :: Soph (n.) A contraction of Sophomore.

Ecbolic :: Ecbolic (n.) A drug, as ergot, which by exciting uterine contractions promotes the expulsion of the contents of the uterus..

Spasm :: Spasm (v. t.) An involuntary and unnatural contraction of one or more muscles or muscular fibers.

Intake :: Intake (n.) the beginning of a contraction or narrowing in a tube or cylinder.

Laxator :: Laxator (n.) That which loosens; -- esp., a muscle which by its contraction loosens some part..

Hain''t :: Hain't () A contraction of have not or has not; as, I hain't, he hain't, we hain't..

Myography :: Myography (n.) The description of muscles, including the study of muscular contraction by the aid of registering apparatus, as by some form of myograph; myology..