Contraction

German Meaning

Kontraktion

Zusammenziehung

Schrumpfung

Verengung

Verkürzung

Kürzel

Wehen

English Meaning

  1. The act of contracting or the state of being contracted.
  2. A word, as won't from will not, or phrase, as o'clock from of the clock, formed by omitting or combining some of the sounds of a longer phrase.
  3. The formation of such a word.
  4. Physiology The shortening and thickening of functioning muscle or muscle fiber.
  5. A period of decreased business activity.