1. contraction

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

Rhymes with Muscular Contraction

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

Sentences with muscular-contraction

1. Noun Phrase
Our bodies generate heat in cold weather by muscular contraction -- shivering.

2. Noun Phrase
Perhaps the most well-known type of muscular contraction is the concentric contraction, in which a muscle shortens.

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.

5. muscular

adjective. ['ˈmʌskjəlɝ'] having a robust muscular body-build characterized by predominance of structures (bone and muscle and connective tissue) developed from the embryonic mesodermal layer.

6. muscular

adjective. ['ˈmʌskjəlɝ'] having or suggesting great physical power or force.

7. muscular

adjective. ['ˈmʌskjəlɝ'] (of a person) possessing physical strength and weight; rugged and powerful.