contraction

Significat (Anglès)

1. (countable, uncountable) Senses relating to becoming involved with or entering into, especially entering into a contract.
2. (archaic, countable, uncountable) Senses relating to becoming involved with or entering into, especially entering into a contract.
3. (countable, uncountable) Senses relating to becoming involved with or entering into, especially entering into a contract.
4. (archaic, countable, obsolete, uncountable) Senses relating to pulling together or shortening.
5. (countable, uncountable) Senses relating to pulling together or shortening.
6. (countable, uncountable) Senses relating to pulling together or shortening.
7. (countable, uncountable) Senses relating to pulling together or shortening.
8. (countable, uncountable) Senses relating to pulling together or shortening.
9. (countable, uncountable) Senses relating to pulling together or shortening.
10. (countable, uncountable) Senses relating to pulling together or shortening.
11. (countable, uncountable) Senses relating to pulling together or shortening.
12. (broadly, countable, uncountable) Senses relating to pulling together or shortening.
13. (countable, obsolete, rare, uncountable) Senses relating to pulling together or shortening.

Conceptes

contracció

Oposat a

dilatation, dilation, expansion

Sinònims

shrinking

compression

constriction

shrinkage

deflation

diminution

narrowing

reduction

condensation

shortening

curtailment

abridgement

bending

spasm

abbreviation

decrease

restriction

shortness

astringency

summary

convergency

systole

convulsion

curving

muscle contraction

muscular contraction

recession

narrowness

pressing

pressure

reduce

retrenchment

seizure

shyness

stenosis

stricture

syneresis

taking in

tic

verbal agreement

withering

minification

retractation

shrinking up

abate

uterine contraction

anticlimax

atrophy

bashfulness

collecting

Traduccions

Kontraktion

contracción

contrazione

contraction

contração

Zusammenziehung

Zusammenziehen

samentrekking

συστολή

reducción

contractie

Schwund

Geburtswehe

Kürzung

Verkürzung

Pronunciat com a (IPA)

/kənˈtɹækʃn̩/

Etimologia (Anglès)

Heretat de anglès mitjà: contraccioun

Cognat amb francès: contraction

In summary

PIE word
*ḱóm
From Late Middle English contraccioun, contraxion (“spasm, contraction; constriction, shrinking; act of pressing together”), from Old French contraction (modern French contraction), from Latin contractiō(n) (“a drawing together, contraction; abridgement, shortening; dejection, despondency”), from contrahō (“to draw things together, assemble, collect, gather; to enter into a contract”) + -tiō(n) (suffix forming nouns relating to actions or their results). Contrahō is derived from con- (prefix denoting a bringing together of objects) + trahō (“to drag, pull”) (probably from Proto-Indo-European *dʰregʰ- (“to drag, pull; to run”)). By surface analysis, contract + -ion (suffix denoting actions or processes, or their results).

Frases

Elongation in hydrostats is caused by the contraction of transverse or helical musculature arrangements .