English

Etymology
contract + -tion.

Pronunciation
:Rhymes: Rhymes:English:-æk��n|-æk��n

Noun
en-noun

1. A reduction in size or activity.

#:''The country's economic contraction was caused by high oil prices.

1. The shortening of a muscle when it is used.
2. A strong and often painful shortening of the uterine muscles prior to or during childbirth.
3. grammar a shortened word or phrase, with the missing letters represented by the apostrophe.

#:"Don't" is a contraction of "do not."

Translations

trans-top|reduction in size or activity

Finnish: taantuma
Norwegian: kontraksjon, forminskning
German: Verkleinerung, Kontraktion
Hebrew: �ת���צ�ת (hitkavtzut) f
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Russian: �ок�а�ение
Swedish: minskning, kontraktion
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trans-top|shortening of a muscle when it is used
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Finnish: supistus, lihassupistus
Norwegian: kontraksjon, sammentrekning
German: Kontraktion, Zusammenziehen
Hebrew: �ת���צ�ת (hitkavtzut) f
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Japanese: �縮(�����, renshuku)
Russian: �ок�а�ение
Swedish: kontraktion, sammandragning
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trans-top|painful shortening of the uterine muscles
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Japanese: ��(����, jintsū)
Russian: �ок�а�ение
Norwegian: sammentrekning
Swedish: sammandragning
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trans-top|shortened word or phrase
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trans-mid
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Norwegian: sammentrekning
Russian: �ок�а�ение
Swedish: sammandragning
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Antonyms
expansion
dilatation

Related terms
contract

See also
omission
:Category:English_contractions|List of English contractions

ar:contraction
et:contraction
fa:contraction
fr:contraction
io:contraction
id:contraction
it:contraction
ru:contraction
fi:contraction
te:contraction
vi:contraction
tr:contraction
zh:contraction

• 2007-09-29 09:40 - UllmannBot - iwiki +fi, te

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