constriction
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Etymology edit
Borrowed from Late Latin constrictio, constrictionis, from Latin constringo.
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Noun edit
constriction (countable and uncountable, plural constrictions)
- The act of constricting, the state of being constricted, or something that constricts.
- A narrow part of something; a stricture.
- A compression.
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the act of narrowing
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A narrow part of something; a stricture
A compression
French edit
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constriction f (plural constrictions)
Further reading edit
- “constriction”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.