Definitions
1.NounSenses relating to becoming involved with or entering into, especially entering into a contract.
An act of incurring debt; also , an act of acquiring something (generally negative)."Our contraction of debt in this quarter has reduced our ability to attract investors.; the contraction of malaria"
2.NounAn act of incurring debt; also , an act of acquiring something (generally negative)."Our contraction of debt in this quarter has reduced our ability to attract investors."
3.NounAn act of entering into a contract or agreement; specifically, a contract of marriage; a contracting; also , a betrothal.
4.NounThe process of contracting or becoming infected with a disease."the contraction of malaria"
5.NounSenses relating to pulling together or shortening.
A (sometimes reversible) contracting or reduction in length, scope, size, or volume; a narrowing, a shortening, a shrinking.":; The country’s economic contraction was caused by high oil prices.; In the English words didn’t, that’s, and wanna, the endings -n’t, -’s, and -a arose by contraction.; Don’t is a contraction of do not; and ’til is a contraction of until."
6.NounA (sometimes reversible) contracting or reduction in length, scope, size, or volume; a narrowing, a shortening, a shrinking.":; The country’s economic contraction was caused by high oil prices.; In the English words didn’t, that’s, and wanna, the endings -n’t, -’s, and -a arose by contraction.; Don’t is a contraction of do not; and ’til is a contraction of until."
7.NounAn abridgement or shortening of writing, etc.; an abstract, a summary; also , brevity, conciseness.":"
8.NounA stage of wound healing during which the wound edges are gradually pulled together.
9.NounA shortening of a muscle during its use; specifically, a strong and often painful shortening of the uterine muscles prior to or during childbirth.
10.NounA period of economic decline or negative growth."The country’s economic contraction was caused by high oil prices."
11.NounA process whereby one or more sounds of a free morpheme (a word) are reduced or lost, such that it becomes a bound morpheme (a clitic) that attaches phonologically to an adjacent word."In the English words didn’t, that’s, and wanna, the endings -n’t, -’s, and -a arose by contraction."
12.NounIn the English language: a shortened form of a word, often with omitted letters replaced by an apostrophe or a diacritical mark."Don’t is a contraction of do not; and ’til is a contraction of until."
13.NounSynonym of syncope (“the elision or loss of a sound from the interior of a word, especially of a vowel sound with loss of a syllable”).
14.NounThe preimage of the given ideal under the given homomorphism.
15.NounA shorthand symbol indicating an omission for the purpose of brevity.
16.NounAn act of collecting or gathering.