Antonym: expansion. Similar words: contradiction, contract, contractor, social contract, traction, subtraction, retraction, detraction. Meaning: [kən'trækʃn] n. 1. (physiology) a shortening or tensing of a part or organ (especially of a muscle or muscle fiber) 2. the process or result of becoming smaller or pressed together 3. a word formed from two or more words by omitting or combining some sounds 4. the act of decreasing (something) in size or volume or quantity or scope.
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211 A sustained muscular contraction to a continuous tetanic stimulus usually indicates a TOF ratio greater than 0.7 and is an indication of adequate recovery from neuromuscular blockade.
212 In the end the relationship of steel grades, mould length, drawing speed and sectional dimensions of the billet with mould taper and solidification and contraction coefficient has been discussed.
213 Temperature contraction coefficient is a parameter for material expansion and contract property when temperature becomes high ot low.
214 Basically smooth and shiny on the surface, have no obvious fault of contraction dent, brindle, warpage, defective bubble and plastify.
215 Slow rate of economic contraction, increased of recession in the euro zone may be hope.
216 "One name for rabies, hydrophobia ("fear of water"), comes from painful throat contraction on trying to swallow. "
217 The surface electromyography ( EMG ) signals ( SEMGs ) are a complex pattern of the activity during muscle contraction.
218 More and more loans turn sour as asset prices fall and businesses fail; that in turn saps banks' capital,[sentencedict.com] forcing further credit contraction.
219 Crataegus fruit demonstrates inhibition effect on hyperactive smooth muscles in rabbit duodenums while it slightly increases the contraction of relaxed smooth muscles in rat stomachs .
220 The results showed that the pressure drag coefficient increases rapidly with increasing upswept angle and contraction ratio respectively, and with decreasing forebody incidence.
221 Vomiting is a kind of common phenomenon of newborn time. It is because of esophagus, stomach, intestinal tract antiperistalsis and abdormal muscles and diaphragm muscle spasmodic contraction.
222 Fifthly the contraction policy should be adopted prudently on the upswing of foreign reserve.
223 Muscular contraction reduces blood flow and oxygen supply to the brain that results in tension headache.
224 Modern transportation, as a link of logistics systemic efficiency, go after the contraction of transport time and the descent of transport cost.
225 Using the contraction mapping principle, we proved a theorem about the existence of solution for initial value problem of a class of implicit ordinary differential equations of the first order.
226 The global convergence of under the same conditions and contraction method.
227 One private brokerage house, CLSA, compiles its own PMI, suggesting a sharp contraction in industrial output between December 2008 and March 2009.
228 Actually, a little farther, because the credit contraction means that there's a large mismatch between supply and demand.
229 BACKGROUND: Muscarine receptor plays a key role in adjusting contraction of detrusor muscle cell, and M3R, isoforms of its receptor, can mediate contraction of detrusor muscle cell directly.
230 Credit expansion must now be followed by a period of contraction, because some of the new credit instruments and practices are unsound and unsustainable.
231 Conclusions: The contraction of the posterior components of the anterior and middle scalene muscle may be the main reason of the upper trunk thoracic outlet syndrome.
232 Methods: Strengthening uterine contraction, keeping effective circulation and removing etiological factor were used to treat 367 women with postpartum hemorrhage in our hospital.
233 The relationship between the false tendon and clinical findings (murmurs, premature ventricular contraction and symptoms)was discussed, and a tentative idea was made about its mechanism.
234 This suggests that the industry may be due a period of contraction, rather like the one the hedge-fund industry has suffered over the past 18 months.
235 Lastly, we show some inequalities about invariant norms of matrix. In chapter 4, firstly, we investigate the properties of contraction by using spectrum norm, numerical range.
236 The crucial tools in the proofs are maximum principle and Banach contraction mapping principle.
237 And we prove the local existence of a nonlinear thermoelastic by the contraction mapping principle.
238 At the same time, matter was freed of the radiation pressure that had resisted the contraction of dense clumps .
239 Conclusion: Trimetazidine combined with mexiletine could significantly inhibit premature ventricular contraction in patients with coronary heart disease and slow ventricular rate.
240 Moreover, the mitigation of credit contraction and the improvement of financing efficiency depend on the resolution of these two problems mentioned above.
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