contraction 音标拼音: [kəntr'ækʃən]
n . 收缩,缩写式,害病
收缩,缩写式,害病
contraction 收缩
contraction 收缩
contraction n 1 : (
physiology )
a shortening or tensing of a part or organ (
especially of a muscle or muscle fiber ) [
synonym :
{
contraction }, {
muscular contraction }, {
muscle contraction }]
2 :
the process or result of becoming smaller or pressed together ; "
the contraction of a gas on cooling " [
synonym :
{
compression }, {
condensation }, {
contraction }]
3 :
a word formed from two or more words by omitting or combining some sounds ; "`
won '
t '
is a contraction of `
will not '";
"`
o '
clock '
is a contraction of `
of the clock '"
4 :
the act of decreasing (
something )
in size or volume or quantity or scope [
ant : {
enlargement }, {
expansion }]
Contraction \
Con *
trac "
tion \,
n . [
L .
contractio :
cf .
F .
contraction .]
1 .
The act or process of contracting ,
shortening ,
or shrinking ;
the state of being contracted ;
as ,
contraction of the heart ,
of the pupil of the eye ,
or of a tendon ;
the contraction produced by cold .
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1913 Webster ]
2 . (
Math .)
The process of shortening an operation .
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3 .
The act of incurring or becoming subject to ,
as liabilities ,
obligation ,
debts ,
etc .;
the process of becoming subject to ;
as ,
the contraction of a disease .
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1913 Webster ]
4 .
Something contracted or abbreviated ,
as a word or phrase ;
--
as ,
plenipo for plenipotentiary ;
crim .
con .
for criminal conversation ,
etc .
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1913 Webster ]
5 . (
Gram .)
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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1913 Webster ]
6 .
A marriage contract . [
Obs .] --
Shak .
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1913 Webster ]
57 Moby Thesaurus words for "
contraction ":
Speedwriting ,
abatement ,
abbreviation ,
abridgment ,
alleviation ,
apocope ,
aposiopesis ,
attenuation ,
brachygraphy ,
clipping ,
coarctation ,
constriction ,
crasis ,
cutting ,
dampening ,
damping ,
decrease ,
decrement ,
decrescence ,
deduction ,
deflation ,
depreciation ,
depression ,
diminishment ,
diminution ,
dying ,
dying off ,
elision ,
ellipsis ,
extenuation ,
fade -
out ,
languishment ,
lessening ,
letup ,
lowering ,
miniaturization ,
mitigation ,
narrowing ,
phonography ,
pruning ,
reduction ,
relaxation ,
sagging ,
scaling down ,
shortening ,
shorthand ,
simplicity ,
stenography ,
stricture ,
subtraction ,
syncope ,
syneresis ,
tachygraphy ,
taper ,
tapering ,
truncation ,
weakening
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