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noun
The act of constricting, the state of being constricted, or something that constricts.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
A narrow part of something; a stricture.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
A compression.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
the action or process of compressing
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: compression, compressing
Narrower terms: spasm, squeeze, strangulation, vasoconstriction
noun
a tight feeling in some part of the body
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: tightness
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: feeling
noun
tight or narrow compression
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: coarctation
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: compression, condensation, contraction
noun
a narrowing that reduces the flow through a channel
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: bottleneck, chokepoint
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: narrowing
History
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱe? Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm Proto-Italic *kom Proto-Italic *kom- Latin cōn- Proto-Indo-European *streyg- Proto-Indo-European *-né- Proto-Indo-European *-ti Proto-Indo-European *strinégti Proto-Italic *stringō Proto-Indo-European *strengh- Proto-Indo-European *-eti Proto-Indo-European *stréngheti Proto-Italic *strengō Latin stringō Latin cōnstringō Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Late Latin cōnstrictiōbor. English constriction Borrowed from Late Latin constrictio, constrictionis, from Latin constringo.
Across languages
11 source translations are retained for this English entry.
