1. contraction

noun. ['kənˈtrækʃən'] (physiology) a shortening or tensing of a part or organ (especially of a muscle or muscle fiber).

Rhymes with Contraction

• dissatisfaction
• satisfaction
• liquefaction
• transaction
• subtraction
• extraction
• distraction
• abstraction
• retraction
• infraction
• diffraction
• classaction
• telaction
• interaction
• exaction
• attraction
• reaction
• inaction
• fraction
• faction

Sentences with contraction

1. Noun, singular or mass
Exercises that call for leg extension or a static contraction of the quads make these muscles stronger.

Quotes about contraction

1. Strength is Life, Weakness is Death.Expansion is Life, Contraction is Death.Love is Life, Hatred is Death.
- Swami Vivekananda

2. Success works as a cycle - growth and contraction, balancing and unbalancing - all while you're encountering hurdles that get higher and higher over time.
- Julien Smith, The Flinch

3. The AP Stylebook is Useless {Couplet} I can't abbreviate abbreviation nor know how to initialize an acronym,I can find the contraction for contraction nor the précis for a homonym.
- Beryl Dov

2. contraction

noun. ['kənˈtrækʃən'] a word formed from two or more words by omitting or combining some sounds.

3. contraction

noun. ['kənˈtrækʃən'] the act of decreasing (something) in size or volume or quantity or scope.

4. contraction

noun. ['kənˈtrækʃən'] the process or result of becoming smaller or pressed together.