Word Finder - contraction

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A reversible reduction in size.

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A period of economic decline or negative growth.

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The country's economic contraction was caused by high oil prices.

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A shortening of a muscle when it is used.

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A strong and often painful shortening of the uterine muscles prior to or during childbirth.

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A process whereby one or more sounds of a free morpheme (a word) are lost or reduced, such that it becomes a bound morpheme (a clitic) that attaches phonologically to an adjacent word.

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In English didn't, that's, and wanna, the endings -n't, -'s, and -a arose by contraction.

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(English orthography) A word with omitted letters replaced by an apostrophe, usually resulting from the above process.

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"Don't" is a contraction of "do not."

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A shorthand symbol indicating an omission for the purpose of brevity.

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The process of contracting a disease.

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the contraction of malaria

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Syncope, the loss of sounds from within a word.

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The acquisition of something, generally negative.

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Our contraction of debt in this quarter has reduced our ability to attract investors.

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A distinct stage of wound healing, wherein the wound edges are gradually pulled together.

The active contraction of muscular tissue has no counterpart in the plant.

A slight degree of contraction of muscle seems the substratum of all attention.

It is a brief extension of the limb at the knee-joint, due to a simple contraction of the extensor muscle, elicited by a tap or other short mechanical stimulus applied to the muscle fibres through the tendon of the muscle.

Apparently there is an influence on the afferent nerves of the part which causes a reflex contraction - some authors say dilatation - of the vessels in the internal organs that are under the control of the same segment of the nervous system as that supplying the area of skin from which the exciting impulse comes.

This shivering would then turn into a really vicious contraction.

Carmen stood and backed away as the doe lurched to her feet and went into another contraction.

In the Gymnolaemata protrusion is effected by the contraction of the parietal muscles, which pass freely across the body-cavity from one part of the body-wall to another.

Coincidently with the persistence of the tonic contraction, the higher and volitional centres seem to lie under a spell of inhibition; their action, which would complete or cut short the posture-spasm, rests in abeyance.

But whilst the characteristic action of atropine is to dilate the blood-vessels, its first action is to stimulate the vaso-motor centre - thereby causing temporary contraction of the vessels - and to increase the rapidity of the heart's action, so that the blood-pressure rapidly rises.

The later explanation that Summanus is a contraction from Summus Manium (the greatest of the Manes), and that he is to be identified with Dis Pater, is now generally rejected.

The great fluidity of bronze when melted, the slightness of its contraction on solidifying, together with its density and hardness, make it especially suitable for casting, and allow of its taking the impress of the mould with extreme sharpness and delicacy.

But this cannot continue indefinitely; when the density is too great the matter ceases to behave as a true gas, and the contraction is insufficient to maintain the heat.

It has been found that in many cases of this disease the pressure of blood within the arteries becomes increased, probably from spasmodic contraction of the arteries themselves.

The muscular system of the Scyphomedusae is developed on the subumbral surface as a system of circularly disposed fibres which by their contraction make the umbrella more concave and diminish its FIG.

As the doe strained, one tiny hoof emerged, and then disappeared as the contraction subsided.

The doe lurched to her feet and immediately went into another contraction.

She tugged the gloves on and waited until the contraction passed.

With eccentric contraction, the muscle fibers lengthen to lower the weight.

Many types of smooth muscle also contain gap junctions and muscarinic acetylcholine receptors, but here acetylcholine normally leads to contraction.

The two BTO breeding bird Atlases indicated that a 29% contraction in range occurred in Britain between the late 1960s and early 1990s.

Rigor Explaining the development of rigor is a serious undertaking, because first you must understand the biochemistry of muscle contraction.

I too managed to use the yoga breathing for the first 12 hours of contraction.

During activation of contraction in skeletal muscle, sarcoplasmic reticulum calcium -release channels open.

Last, but not least, we've added magnesium chelate for optimum muscle contraction.

Oxytocin A hormone, produced by the pituitary gland, which stimulates contraction of the uterus.

In the case of a muscle cell, depolarisation triggers muscle contraction.

Between 1983 and 2001 the UK, France and Belgium underwent a contraction in their manufacturing bases.

As fatigue sets in, the muscle tissue is no longer capable of meeting the metabolic requirements needed to sustain the contraction.

Minor shocks may also cause injury following involuntary muscle contraction.

In an eccentric contraction, the muscle fibers lengthen to lower the weight.

With this form of contraction, the muscle is allowed to shorten during an isotonic contraction.

Clean intermittent catheterisation will temporarily relieve the symptoms and signs of obstruction or decreased detrusor contraction (Moore, 1995 ).

Lessons cover topics ranging from muscle contraction to cardiac activity to reaction time.

As one economy after another sinks into contraction, output subsides nearly everywhere -- more layoffs and closed factories, more unsold goods.

Ideally, both contraction and integration with host myocardium should have occurred in order for the therapy to be effective.

The only downside was that I was feeling slightly nauseous in the middle of each contraction.

Sensory nerve cells carry information about muscle tension and body position to motor nerve cells in the spinal cord to control muscle contraction.

These molecules induce smooth muscle contraction and enhance vascular permeability.

An ideal prokinetic drug should either enhance the contraction of a damaged muscle or normalize the coordination of a damaged myenteric plexus.

As your muscles get stronger, the contraction can be held for longer and more pull-ups achieved.

More show came away with each contraction and at about 7.30am I started to feel a bit pushy with each contraction.

They are in a state of extreme contraction, far exceeding the usual rigor mortis.

If the stress gets too severe, the body suffers overload and locks the stress into itself in lines of tension and contraction.

Muscle Types Muscle tissue consists of fibers (cells) that are highly specialized for the active generation of force for contraction.

The phase transition is accompanied by a 9.8% volume contraction.

Calcium entry during the plateau is essential for contraction; blockers of L-type Ca 2+ channels (e.g. verapamil) reduce force of contraction.

This enormous capacity for expansion and contraction is astonishing if we believe matter to be continuous, but if we imagine air to be made up of little particles separated by relatively large empty spaces the changes in volume are more easily conceivable.

The head is violently displaced followed by reflex contraction in the opposite direction.

Regarding the vagal reflexes, the most significant results arose from the heart rate changes immediately after isometric muscle contraction.

There is the rare occasion when a kitten may become stuck and need a gentle tug from you in order to free it when mom has the next contraction.