| NOUN | act | contraction, muscular contraction, muscle contraction | (physiology) a shortening or tensing of a part or organ (especially of a muscle or muscle fiber) |
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| event | contraction, compression, condensation | the process or result of becoming smaller or pressed together | |
| communication | contraction | a word formed from two or more words by omitting or combining some sounds | |
| act | contraction | the act of decreasing (something) in size or volume or quantity or scope |
| Sounds | kahntrae'kshahn | |
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| Rhymes | Aachen ... Zukerman: 2572 rhymes with ahn... | |
| Meaning | (physiology) a shortening or tensing of a part or organ (especially of a muscle or muscle fiber). | |
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| Synonyms | muscular contraction, muscle contraction | |
| Category | physiology | The branch of the biological sciences dealing with the functioning of organisms |
| Narrower | Braxton-Hicks contraction, false labor | painless contractions of the muscles of the uterus that continue throughout pregnancy with increasing frequency |
| contracture | An abnormal and usually permanent contraction of a muscle | |
| tetanus | A sustained muscular contraction resulting from a rapid series of nerve impulses | |
| uterine contraction | A rhythmic tightening in labor of the upper uterine musculature that contracts the size of the uterus and pushes the fetus toward the birth canal | |
| vaginismus | muscular contraction that causes the vagina to close | |
| Broader | shortening | Act of decreasing in length |
| Spanish | contracción muscular, contracción | |
| Catalan | contracció muscular, contracció | |
| Verbs | contract | squeeze or press together |
| Meaning | The process or result of becoming smaller or pressed together. | |
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| Example | "the contraction of a gas on cooling" | |
| Synonyms | compression, condensation | |
| Narrower | constriction, coarctation | tight / tight or narrow compression |
| Broader | shrinking, shrinkage | Process or result of becoming less or smaller |
| Spanish | compresión, condensación, contracción | |
| Catalan | contracció | |
| Meaning | A word formed from two or more words by omitting or combining some sounds. | |
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| Broader | word | A unit of language that native speakers can identify |
| Spanish | contracción | |
| Catalan | contracció | |
| Meaning | The act of decreasing (something) in size or volume or quantity or scope. | |
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| Broader | decrease, diminution, reduction, step-down | The act of decreasing or reducing something |
| Opposite | expansion, enlargement | The act of increasing / increasing (something) in size or volume or quantity or scope |
| Verbs | contract | make or become more narrow or restricted |
| contract | become smaller or draw together | |
| contract | reduce in scope while retaining essential elements | |
| contract | compress or concentrate | |
| contract | make smaller | |
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