contraction
31contraction — contractional, adj. /keuhn trak sheuhn/, n. 1. an act or instance of contracting. 2. the quality or state of being contracted. 3. a shortened form of a word or group of words, with the omitted letters often replaced in written English by an… …
32contraction — noun Contraction is used after these nouns: ↑muscle …
33contraction — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Shrinking Nouns 1. (becoming smaller) contraction, reduction, diminution; decrease; shrinking, shriveling, atrophy, astringency; emaciation, attenuation, consumption, tabescence; abbreviation. See… …
34contraction — [kənˈtrækʃ(ə)n] noun 1) [C] medical a strong painful movement of a muscle that helps to push a baby out during birth 2) [U] the process of becoming smaller 3) [C] linguistics a short form of a word that is made by leaving out a letter or letters …
35contraction — /kənˈtrækʃən/ (say kuhn trakshuhn) noun 1. the act of contracting. 2. the state of being contracted. 3. a shortened form of a word, etc., as e er for ever, can t for cannot. 4. the change in a muscle by which it becomes thickened and shortened. 5 …
36contraction — kontrakcija statusas T sritis chemija apibrėžtis Susitraukimas, susispaudimas. atitikmenys: angl. contraction rus. контракция …
37contraction — suslūgimas statusas T sritis chemija apibrėžtis Kietosios medžiagos tūrio sumažėjimas. atitikmenys: angl. contraction; shrinkage rus. усадка …
38contraction — suslėgimas statusas T sritis fizika atitikmenys: angl. compression; constriction vok. Kompression, f; Zusammendrückung, f rus. сжатие, n pranc. compression, f; contraction, f …
39contraction — nf. (volumique, grammaticale, musculaire) : kontrakchon (Albanais, Villards Thônes). La contraction grammaticale est un phénomène plus répandu en savoyard qu en français, surtout dans l Albanais. Elle se traduit par un allongement de la voyelle… …
40Contraction Musculaire — La contraction d un muscle résulte de la contraction coordonnée de chacune des cellules du muscle. On peut distinguer quatre phases au cours de la contraction d une cellule musculaire « type » : L excitation ou la stimulation qui… …
