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Contraction
Contraction
n.
The
act
or
process
of
contracting
,
shortening
, or
shrinking
;
the
state
of
being
contracted
; as,
contraction
of
the
heart
, of
the
pupil
of
the
eye
, or of a
tendion
;
the
contraction
produced
by
cold
.
Contraction
n.
The
process
of
shortening
an
operation
.
Contraction
n.
The
act
of
incurring
or
becoming
subject
to, as
liabilities
,
obligation
,
debts
,
etc
.;
the
process
of
becoming
subject
to; as,
the
contraction
of a
disease
.
Contraction
n.
Something
contracted
or
abbreviated
, as a
word
or
phrase
;
as,
plenipo
for
plenipotentiary
;
crim
.
con
.
for
criminal
conversation
,
etc
.
Contraction
n.
The
shortening
of a
word
, or of
two
words
, by
the
omission
of a
letter
or
letters
, or by
reducing
two
or
more
vowels
or
syllables
to
one
; as, ne'er
for
never
;
can
't
for
can
not
;
don
't
for
do
not
; it's
for
it is.
Contraction
n.
A
marriage
contract
.
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