contraction
An act of incurring debt; also , an act of acquiring something (generally negative).
Other meanings
The process of contracting or becoming infected with a disease.
A (sometimes reversible) contracting or reduction in length, scope, size, or volume; a narrowing, a shortening, a shrinking.
Related words
- aftercontraction
- anticontraction
- cocontraction
- contractionless
- decontraction
- intercontraction
- noncontraction
- overcontraction
- precontraction
- recontraction
- vasocontraction
- Braxton Hicks contraction
Word history
From Latin "contractiō".
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “contraction” on Wiktionary, by its contributors, published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.