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constrictions

constrictions is the plural of constriction.

Meaning of constriction

Noun

constriction (countable and uncountable, plural constrictions)

  1. The act of constricting, the state of being constricted, or something that constricts.
    • The very structural uniqueness of Esperanto makes it hard to translate into ethnic languages – not least because many of those who write in Esperanto do so out of their rejection of the constriction that they experience when writing in their native languages.2008, Humphrey Tonkin, “Preface”, in Geoffrey Sutton, Concise Encyclopedia of the Original Literature of Esperanto 1887–2007, Mondial, →ISBN, page 2
  2. A narrow part of something; a stricture.
    • […] greatest breadth at a point about half way between the constriction and the ends […]1861, Robert Kaye Greville, Description of New and Rare Diatoms: Serie I-XX, page 78
  3. A compression.

Questions about constrictions

What is constrictions the plural of?
Constrictions is the plural of constriction.

Words near constrictions in the dictionary

  1. constrictedness
  2. constricteth
  3. constricting
  4. constriction
  5. constriction ring syndrome
  6. constrictions
  7. constrictive
  8. constrictively
  9. constrictor
  10. constrictor knot
  11. constrictor knots

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