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contraction
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noun 
/kənˈtrækʃ(ə)n/
/kənˈtrækʃ(ə)n/ | singular | contraction |
| plural | contractions |
- 1[C] medical a movement of a muscle in which it becomes tighter, especially the strong painful movement of the muscles of a woman's womb that help to push a baby out during birth （尤指分娩时子宫的）收缩，挛缩Synonyms and related wordsPregnancy and having a baby: abort, the afterbirth, amniocentesis...
- 2[U] the process of becoming smaller 收缩；缩小
the contraction of cooling metal 金属冷却时的收缩
There is likely to be further contraction of the dot.com sector as more firms go bankrupt. 随着更多公司破产，网络行业很可能进一步收缩。
Synonyms and related wordsTo become smaller: shrink, contract, compact... - 3[C] linguistics a word made by leaving out a letter or letters of a word or words. For example ‘can't' is a contraction of the word ‘cannot'. 缩约词，缩约形式（如can’ 是cannot 的缩约形式）Synonyms and related wordsTypes of word: antonym, argot, back formation...
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