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(n.) The act of shortening or reducing.(n.) The result of abbreviating; an abridgment.(n.) The form...

In writing, arbitrary shortening of a word, usually by cutting off letters from the end, as in U.S....

(n.) The mark ['] used to denote that a word is contracted (as in ne'er for never, can't for can...

nounPhysiology) a shortening or tensing of a part or organ (especially of a muscle or muscle fiber....

/con·trac·tion/ ( kon-trak´shun) a drawing together; a shortening or shrinkage.Braxton Hicks...