Definition of Contraction

the process of becoming smaller

Examples of Contraction in a sentence

Because our company isn’t making as much profit this year, we’re undergoing contraction as we start letting our employees go.  🔊

Water is incapable of undergoing contraction, as it will always be the same volume no matter what container it is in.  🔊

The contraction of the crowd in the bar as the night grew later and later eventually left me as the only one present.  🔊

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