contraxion (“spasm, <span class="searchmatch">contraction</span>; constriction, shrinking; act of pressing together”), from Old French <span class="searchmatch">contraction</span> (modern French <span class="searchmatch">contraction</span>), from Latin contractiō(n)...
length <span class="searchmatch">contraction</span> (plural length <span class="searchmatch">contractions</span>) (physics) Lorentz-Fitzgerald <span class="searchmatch">contraction</span>...
Lorentz <span class="searchmatch">contraction</span> (uncountable) Synonym of Lorentz-Fitzgerald <span class="searchmatch">contraction</span>....
<span class="searchmatch">contractions</span> plural of <span class="searchmatch">contraction</span> IPA(key): /kɔ̃.tʁak.tjɔ̃/ <span class="searchmatch">contractions</span> inflection of contracter: first-person plural imperfect indicative first-person...
Lorentz-Fitzgerald <span class="searchmatch">contraction</span> Wikipedia Named after Hendrik Lorentz and George Francis FitzGerald. Lorentz-Fitzgerald <span class="searchmatch">contraction</span> (plural Lorentz-Fitzgerald...
eccentric <span class="searchmatch">contraction</span> (plural eccentric <span class="searchmatch">contractions</span>) (anatomy) The tensioning of a muscle as it is being lengthened...
wanna (nominalised usage) + <span class="searchmatch">contraction</span>. wanna <span class="searchmatch">contraction</span> (plural wanna <span class="searchmatch">contractions</span>) (linguistics) A style of <span class="searchmatch">contraction</span> (such as want to into wanna...
haustral <span class="searchmatch">contraction</span> (plural haustral <span class="searchmatch">contractions</span>) An involuntary movement of the haustrum in the colon that aids in digestion....
Wikipedia has an article on: lanthanide <span class="searchmatch">contraction</span> Wikipedia lanthanide <span class="searchmatch">contraction</span> (plural lanthanide <span class="searchmatch">contractions</span>) (chemistry, physics) the progressive...
<span class="searchmatch">contraction</span> Wikipedia Named after John Braxton Hicks, English doctor who described them. Braxton Hicks <span class="searchmatch">contraction</span> (plural Braxton Hicks <span class="searchmatch">contractions</span>)...