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    contraction
    (kәn-trak´shәn) a drawing together; a shortening or shrinkage.
    Found op http://www.encyclo.co.uk/local/21001
    
    
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    Contraction
    • (n.) The act or process of contracting, shortening, or shrinking; the state of being contracted; as, contraction of the heart, of the pupil of the eye, or of a tendion; the contraction produced by cold. • (n.) A marriage contract. • (n.) Something contracted or abbreviated, as a wor...
    Found op http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning/contraction/
    
    
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    contraction
    (from the article `paleography`) ...problem confronting paleographers. They were extensively used in Roman times by lawyers to avoid repetition of technical terms and formulas. ...
    Found op http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/c/135
    
    
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    contraction
    (from the article `economic stabilizer`) When business begins to contract, the first manifestation is a decrease in investment that causes unemployment in the capital goods industries; the ... ...of administrative, clerical, and technical workers relative to manual workers. A second course of change...
    Found op http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/c/135
    
    
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    contraction
    (L. contractus drawn together) a shortening or reduction in size; in connection with muscles contraction implies shortening and/or development of tension.
    Found op http://users.ugent.be/~rvdstich/eugloss/DIC/dictio20.html
    
    
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    Contraction
    Economic contraction
    Found op http://www-personal.umich.edu/~alandear/glossary/c.html
    
    
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    Contraction
    [grammar] A contraction is a shortened version of the written and spoken forms of a word, syllable, or word group, created by omission of internal letters. In traditional grammar, contraction can denote the formation of a new word from one word or a group of words, for example, by elision. T...
    Found op http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Contraction_(grammar)
    
    
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    contraction
    A period of general economic decline. Contractions are often part of a business cycle, coming after an expansionary phase and before a recession....
    Found op http://www.oenb.at/dictionary/termini.jsp?EINTRAG_ID=16179
    
    
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    Contraction
    A forceful, rhythmic and often painful tightening of the uterine muscles during labor. Contractions occur during childbirth and help to push the baby through the cervix and out of the vagina. True labor contractions will become closer, stronger and will help dilate the cervix. False labor contractio...
    Found op http://www.pregnology.com/AZ/C/9
    
    
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    contraction
    contraction, in writing: see abbreviation.
    Found op http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/society/A0912122.html
    
    
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    contraction
    contraction, in physics: see expansion.
    Found op http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/sci/A0912120.html
    
    
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    contraction
    (C) Type: Term Pronunciation: kon-trak′shŭn Definitions: 1. A shortening or increase in tension; denoting the normal function of muscle. 2. Shrinkage or reduction in size. 3. Heart beat, as in premature contraction.
    Found op http://www.medilexicon.com/medicaldictionary.php?t=20093
    
    
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    Contraction
    [economics] A contraction is a period of economic decline marked by falling real GDP. See Recession. During the 1870s and 1880s, the recalling of paperbacks, due to pressure by "hardmoney" Republicans caused a contraction reducing the amount of money per capita by 5 cents. ...
    Found op http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Contraction_(economics)
    
    

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