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constringent

constringent adjective: contracting, binding, or compressing.

Adjective

constringent (comparative more constringent, superlative most constringent)

  1. contracting, binding, or compressing.
    • constringent action
    • constringent motion

Forms of constringent

comparativemore constringent
superlativemost constringent

Origin of constringent

From Latin constringens.

Questions about constringent

What does constringent mean?
Constringent means contracting, binding, or compressing.
What part of speech is constringent?
Constringent is an adjective.

Words near constringent in the dictionary

  1. constringed
  2. constringence
  3. constringences
  4. constringencies
  5. constringency
  6. constringent
  7. constringes
  8. constringing
  9. constrn.
  10. constrns.
  11. construability

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