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• Contraction and Convergence — (C C) is a proposed global framework for reducing greenhouse gas emissions to combat climate change. Conceived by the Global Commons Institute [GCI] in the early 1990s, the Contraction and Convergence strategy consists of reducing overall… …   Wikipedia

• Contraction — Con*trac tion, n. [L. contractio: cf. F. contraction.] 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 tendon; the contraction produced… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• contraction wave — the wave of progression of the contraction in a muscle from the point of stimulation; also the graphic representation of a contracting muscle …   Medical dictionary

• Contraction (grammar) — This article is about contraction in the grammar of modern languages, which involves elision. For contraction in Ancient Greek, the coalescence of two vowels into one, see crasis. For the linguistic function of pronouncing vowels together, see… …   Wikipedia

• Contraction stress test — Oxytocin A contraction stress test (CST) is performed near the end of pregnancy to determine how well the fetus will cope with the contractions of childbirth. The aim is to induce contractions and monitor the fetus to check for heart rate… …   Wikipedia

• contraction */ — UK [kənˈtrækʃ(ə)n] / US noun Word forms contraction : singular contraction plural contractions 1) [countable] medical a movement of a muscle in which it becomes tighter, especially the strong painful movement of the muscles of a woman s womb that …   English dictionary

• Contraction principle — In mathematics, contraction principle may refer to: the Banach fixed point theorem, also known as the contraction mapping theorem/principle; the contraction principle in large deviations theory This disambiguation page lists mathematics articles… …   Wikipedia

• contraction — con|trac|tion [ kən trækʃən ] noun * 1. ) uncount the process of becoming smaller: the contraction of cooling metal There is likely to be further contraction of the dot com sector as more firms go bankrupt. 2. ) count MEDICAL a movement of a… …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• contraction — noun 1) the contraction of the industry Syn: shrinking, shrinkage, decline, decrease, diminution, dwindling 2) the contraction of muscles Syn: tightening, tensing, flexing 3) my contractions …   Thesaurus of popular words

• contraction — noun 1) the contraction of the industry Syn: shrinking, shrinkage, decline, decrease, diminution, dwindling 2) the contraction of muscles Syn: tightening, tensing, flexing 3) …   Synonyms and antonyms dictionary

• Contraction (linguistics) — In linguistics, contraction can mean:* Contraction (grammar), the formation of a new word from two or more individual words, for example didn t (did not), I m (I am). * Synaeresis, the contraction of two vowels into a diphthong …   Wikipedia