Word Type

Noun

The word "contraction" can be used as a noun.

Word Relationships

Opposites (Antonyms)

dilatation expansion expansion

Derived Terms

Braxton Hicks contraction Lorentz contraction Lorentz-Fitzgerald contraction aftercontraction anticontraction cocontraction concentric contraction contractional contractionary contractionism contractionist contractionless decontraction eccentric contraction edge contraction haustral contraction hypercontraction intercontraction isometric contraction isotonic contraction lanthanide contraction length contraction mutated contraction noncontraction overcontraction precontraction recontraction supercontraction vasocontraction wanna contraction

Context

biology economics english orthography linguistics medicine phonetics physiology

Broader Terms (Hypernyms)

decrease diminution reduction shortening shrinkage shrinking step-down word

Narrower Terms (Hyponyms)

apheresis apocope elision syncope

Type Of (IsA)

decrease shortening word

Related Terms

contract contractable contractant contractation contracted contractedly contractedness contractee contractible contractile contractility contracting contractive contractly contractor contractual contractually contractural contracture contractured extract omission retract tractile traction

Related Terms

acquisition apostrophe bound brevity clitic combined contract contractation contractive free growth haustral contraction he is morpheme muscle negative omission pregnant push push pregnant reduction reversible shorten shorthand symbol syncope uterine word wound

Synonym Network

compression

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