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Definition of: contraction

(kən·trak′shən) noun
1. The act of contracting or the state of being contracted.
2. That which is contracted, as a word by the omission of one or more medial letters or sounds. See synonyms Under ABBREVIATION.

Most often used phrases:

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thermal contraction
gravitational contraction
atrial contraction
contraction mapping
expansion contraction
volume contraction
tensor contraction
contraction hypothesis

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"contraction" has the frequency of use of 0.0002% on city-data.com forum

"contraction" has the frequency of use of 0.0004% on en.wikipedia.org.

Phrases starting with the letter: A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

Definition of: contraction

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