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Contraction Meaning in French |
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contraction
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Definition & Synonyms
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• Contraction
- (n.) 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 tendion; the contraction produced by cold.
- (n.) A marriage contract.
- (n.) Something contracted or abbreviated, as a word or phrase; -- as, plenipo for plenipotentiary; crim. con. for criminal conversation, etc.
- (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, neer for never; cant for can not; dont for do not; its for it is.
- (n.) The process of shortening an operation.
- (n.) 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.
Synonyms:
Compression, Condensation,
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