contraction
noun
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
(physiology) a shortening or tensing of a part or organ (especially of a muscle or muscle fiber)
Types & categories
- shortening hypernym
- contracture hyponym
- tetanus hyponym
- uterine contraction hyponym
- Braxton-Hicks contraction hyponym
- vaginismus hyponym
Related & opposite
- constrict derivation
- physiology domain topic
Sense 2 noun
the process or result of becoming smaller or pressed together
the contraction of a gas on cooling
Types & categories
- shrinking hypernym
- coarctation hyponym
Related & opposite
- concentrate derivation
- condense derivation
- condense derivation
- constrict derivation
Sense 3 noun
a word formed from two or more words by omitting or combining some sounds
`won't' is a contraction of `will not'
Types & categories
- word hypernym
Sense 4 noun
the act of decreasing (something) in size or volume or quantity or scope
Types & categories
- reduction hypernym
Related & opposite
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | constrict |
| 1 | domain topic | Related & opposite | physiology |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | shortening |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | contracture |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | tetanus |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | uterine contraction |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | Braxton-Hicks contraction |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | vaginismus |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | concentrate |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | condense |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | condense |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | constrict |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | shrinking |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | coarctation |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | word |
| 4 | antonym | Related & opposite | expansion |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | shrink |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | abridge |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | narrow |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | concentrate |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | contract |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | reduction |