"`won't' is a contraction of `will not'. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
"`o'clock' is a contraction of `of the clock'. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
The contraction of a gas on cooling. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
ÂÂThe contraction is short for "He has," which makes the "got" redundant, as "He has no fear" is perfectly acceptable. From Wordnik.com. [What I bought – 27 February 2008 | Comics Should Be Good! @ Comic Book Resources] Reference
And now the idea of contraction is rearing its head. From Wordnik.com. [Len Berman: Top 5 Sports Stories] Reference
LongCat: Ah, so the contraction is inherently suspect. From Wordnik.com. [The Volokh Conspiracy » Taking ObamaCare Challenges Seriously] Reference
Remember, too, that contraction is an option after the 2006 season. From Wordnik.com. [USATODAY.com - D.C. officials, MLB a perfect match] Reference
They soon will be officially told that contraction is delayed a year. From Wordnik.com. [USATODAY.com - Sheffield at point of no return to L.A.] Reference
This process of contraction is likely to be problematic and disorderly. From Wordnik.com. [How Should We Be Thinking About Urbanization? A Freakonomics Quorum - Freakonomics Blog - NYTimes.com] Reference
To be sure, the economic contraction is causing pain just about everywhere. From Wordnik.com. [How the Crash Will Reshape America] Reference
Their contraction is turned off by NO, resulting in a dilatation of the arteries. From Wordnik.com. [Physiology or Medicine for 1998 - Press Release] Reference
The word contraction hits a little too close to home for sports fans in Minnesota. From Wordnik.com. [The Seattle Times] Reference
A recession is usually defined as a contraction of GDP for two or more successive quarters. From Wordnik.com. [OECD Forecasts Sharper Slowdown for G-7] Reference
So, I doubt that contraction is going to continue at this pace let alone drop to 1930 levels. From Wordnik.com. [Matthew Yglesias » The Collapse] Reference
"The major determinant of a franchise for possible contraction is local revenue," Alderson said. From Wordnik.com. [USATODAY.com - American League] Reference
Feb. 5, 2002: Nine days before the start of spring training, contraction is called off for 2002. From Wordnik.com. [USATODAY.com - Expos timeline] Reference
Urizen, characters become what they behold: contraction is a result of fallen perception, but such. From Wordnik.com. ['Points of Contact': Blake and Whitman] Reference
Moreover, the "C" word, as in contraction, continues to be whispered in reference to Florida's teams. From Wordnik.com. [USATODAY.com - Marlins weather stormy waters to remain afloat] Reference
Encouraging immediate consumption causes a drawdown of capital and the long-term contraction of the economy. From Wordnik.com. [The Volokh Conspiracy » Does Government Spending Stimulate?] Reference
If you have poured product into a lip balm tube, the contraction is especially pronounced because of the small opening. From Wordnik.com. [Mother's Day Lip Balm - Color & Divots] Reference
"A year ago I would have said that contraction is not a viable option," Selig told the Toronto Globe and Mail last weekend. From Wordnik.com. [USATODAY.com - Never count the Yanks out except this time] Reference
The contraction was the most severe of the last 100 years. From Wordnik.com. [The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com] Reference
It prevents economic contraction, which is a much more predictable project. From Wordnik.com. [Our anti-recovery policy] Reference
The apostrophe in the contraction is a substitute for the "a" in "you are". From Wordnik.com. [digg.com: Stories / Popular] Reference
The contraction is the deepest on record for the euro zone, which now has 16 members. From Wordnik.com. [Reuters: Top News] Reference
The contraction is a very moderate one, Misericordia being in old MS. written always as. From Wordnik.com. [Stones of Venice [introductions]] Reference
First and foremost, "a contraction is a mathematical function used in economics," he said. From Wordnik.com. [The Daily Pennsylvanian] Reference
Forrester Research's revised predictions are no less grim, even if the contraction is a bit less tight. From Wordnik.com. [EarthWeb IT Management News & Views] Reference
A contraction is a word (or set of numbers) in which one or more letters (or numbers) have been omitted. From Wordnik.com. [Original Signal - Transmitting Digg] Reference
Later Lorentz showed that the contraction is the first term in a series development of the exact formula. From Wordnik.com. [Citizendium, the Citizens' Compendium - Recent changes [en]] Reference
The contraction, which is the worst in 30 years, follows a 1. 6\% slump in the last three months of 2008. From Wordnik.com. [UK Regional Film and Television News] Reference
Third, we can allow the muscle gradually to release its contraction, that is, allow it to slowly lengthen. From Wordnik.com. [How to Add Ten Years to your Life and to Double Its Satisfactions] Reference
After 2001 Selig entertained the idea of contraction, or lopping off two teams and perhaps merging others. From Wordnik.com. [The Orange County Register - News Headlines : News] Reference
This alteration in the contraction was the consequence of a simultaneous decrease in HR and in LVDP (figure 1B). From Wordnik.com. [PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles] Reference
“I don’t think the contraction is dramatic enough that we’re not going to see strong ideas come through.”. From Wordnik.com. [Steve Ballmer Sees the Light Through the Clouds] Reference
"His choice of toppings seems consistent with his burger philosophy (has someone coined a contraction for that yet?. From Wordnik.com. [A Hamburger Today] Reference
In baseball terms, itís called contraction and it could spell the end of the Montreal Expos and their rich history. From Wordnik.com. [The Globe and Mail - Home RSS feed] Reference
The formulae used to describe the effect loosely called a contraction presuppose that the observer is part of the phenomenon. From Wordnik.com. [The Past Through Tomorrow]
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