striction
/ˈstɹɪk.ʃən/
striction noun: the act of constricting, or the state of being constricted.
Noun
striction
- The act of constricting, or the state of being constricted.
- The definition of a geometric shape as all points with some relationship to a central point, curve, etc., for example, a circle is the striction of all points at a distance of the radius from a single point.
Origin of striction
From Latin strictio. See stringent.
Words formed from striction
Phrases with striction
Words that rhyme with striction
- friction
- astriction
- jurisdiction
- addiction
- benediction
- contradiction
- conviction
- depiction
- valediction
- constriction
- dereliction
- fan fiction
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- fiction
- indiction
- restriction
- affliction
- diction
- emiction
- eviction
- faan fiction
- infriction
- malediction
- prediction
- science fiction
- abstriction
- affixion
- condiction
- confliction
- effiction
- infixion
- miction
- pilimiction
- postdiction
- preconstriction
- prefixion
- reliction
- renoviction
- retrodiction
- scientifiction
- stiction
- suffixion
- transfixion
Questions about striction
- What does striction mean?
- Striction means the act of constricting, or the state of being constricted.
- What part of speech is striction?
- Striction is a noun.
- How do you pronounce striction?
- Striction is pronounced /ˈstɹɪk.ʃən/.
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