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constriction
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun constriction has 4 senses
- constriction(n = noun.shape) bottleneck, chokepoint - a narrowing that reduces the flow through a channel; Array is a kind of narrowing
- constriction(n = noun.event) coarctation - tight or narrow compression; Array is a kind of compression, condensation, contraction
- constriction(n = noun.cognition) tightness - a tight feeling in some part of the body; "he felt a constriction in her chest"; "she felt an alarming tightness in her chest"; "emotion caused a constriction of his throat" is a kind of feeling
- constriction(n = noun.act) Array - the action or process of compressing; Array has particulars: spasm, squeeze, strangulation, vasoconstriction
Derived form verb constrict2
Derived form verb constrict2
is a kind of compressing, compression
Derived form verb constrict1
CIDE DICTIONARY
constriction, n. [L. constrictio: cf. F. constriction.].
- The act of constricting by means of some inherent power or by movement or change in the thing itself, as distinguished from compression. [1913 Webster]
- The state of being constricted; the point where a thing is constricted; a narrowing or binding. [1913 Webster]"A constriction of the parts inservient to speech." [1913 Webster]
THESAURUS
constriction
abbreviation, arrest, arrestation, arrestment, astriction, astringency, blockage, blocking, bottleneck, cervix, check, circumscription, clogging, closing up, closure, coarctation, compactedness, compaction, compression, compressure, concentration, condensation, consolidation, constringency, contraction, contracture, cramp, curtailment, decrease, delay, detainment, detention, diminuendo, fixation, foot-dragging, hampering, hindering, hindrance, holdback, holdup, hourglass, hourglass figure, impediment, inhibition, interference, interruption, isthmus, knitting, let, narrow place, narrowing, neck, negativism, nuisance value, obstruction, obstructionism, occlusion, opposition, puckering, pursing, reduction, repression, resistance, restraint, restriction, retardation, retardment, setback, shortening, solidification, squeeze, stranglehold, stranglement, strangulation, striction, stricture, suppression, systole, taper, tapering, wasp waist, wrinkling
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