CONTRACTION - Definiția din dicționar
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Con*trac"tion (?), n. [L.
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2. (Math.) The process of shortening an operation.
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3. The act of incurring or becoming subject to, as liabilities, obligation, debts, etc.; the process of becoming subject to; as, the contraction of a disease.
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4. Something contracted or abbreviated, as a word or phrase; -- as,
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5. (Gram.) 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,
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6. A marriage contract. [Obs.]
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