contraction

• ⇰ संक्षेप
• ⇰ सिकोड
• ⇰ सिकुडन
• ⇰ संकुचन
• ⇰ जकडाव
• ⇰ मरोडा

• ⇰ संक्षेपण
• ⇰ संकुचन
• ⇰ सिकुड़न

• ⇰ The act or process of contracting, shortening, or shrinking; the state of being contracted; <as>as, <ex>contraction</ex> of the heart, of the pupil of the eye, or of a tendon; the <ex>contraction</ex> produced by cold</as>.
• ⇰ The process of shortening an operation.
• ⇰ The act of incurring or becoming subject to, as liabilities, obligation, debts, etc.; the process of becoming subject to; <as>as, the <ex>contraction</ex> of a disease</as>.
• ⇰ Something contracted or abbreviated, as a word or phrase; -- as, >plenipo > for >plenipotentiary >; >crim. con. > for >criminal conversation >, etc.
• ⇰ 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<
• ⇰ A marriage contract.