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contraction   (TTS Sound)

The noun contraction has 4 senses

• contraction, muscular contraction, muscle contraction -- ((physiology) a shortening or tensing of a part or organ (especially of a muscle or muscle fiber))


• compression, condensation, contraction -- (the process or result of becoming smaller or pressed together; "the contraction of a gas on cooling")


• contraction -- (a word formed from two or more words by omitting or combining some sounds; "`won't' is a contraction of `will not'"; "`o'clock' is a contraction of `of the clock'")


• contraction -- (the act of decreasing (something) in size or volume or quantity or scope)