Contraction

1.

(A drawing together, a shrinking, a catching into, an incurring, a catching, getting) ដំណើរខ្ជឹប, ភាពរួញ, ការបង្រួមឬបន្ថយ, ភាពរួមឬស្ដួច, ការចុះអន់ថយ
Example: The contraction of a muscle; a contraction of the eyebrows, the contraction of a cebt, the of a disease.muscle contraction ដំណើររួញឬរួម, Can't is a contraction of cannot ពាក្យបំព្រួញ, contraction of a disease ការមានឬកើតរោគ (រោគ)

2.

(វេជ្ជសាស្ត្រ) ការកន្រ្តាក់

ឃ្លាដែលទាក់ទង

• contraction wave
  - រលកនៃការកន្រ្តាក់, រលករួញអង្កាញ់
• hourglass contraction
  - សភាពដែលសរីរាង្គមួយផ្នែកកណ្ដាល
• muscular contraction
  - ការកន្រ្តាក់សាច់ដុំ, រួញសាច់ដុំ

1.

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.

2.

The process of shortening an operation.

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.

4.

Something contracted or abbreviated, as a word or phrase; -- as, plenipo for plenipotentiary; crim. con. for criminal conversation, etc.

5.

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, ne'er for never; can't for can not; don't for do not; it's for it is.

6.

A marriage contract.