Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A drawing or pressing together.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The act of constricting, or the state of being constricted.
- noun (Geom.) the line on a skew surface that cuts each generator in that point of it that is nearest to the succeeding generator.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun The act of
constricting , or the state of being constricted.
Etymologies
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Latin strictio. See stringent.
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Examples
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"Aunt Dinah, I don't reckon I's quite as old as you is, but I's learned one thing, ter keep my jaw shet, an 'I' vise you to do the same 'striction to you'rn, sometimes."
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Is this re - striction really founded in physical facts?
Out Of My Later Years Einstein, Albert, 1879-1955 1950
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In reality, however, it is a strong re - striction for the (conceivable) laws of nature.
Out Of My Later Years Einstein, Albert, 1879-1955 1950
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There are several other blocks subject to a similar re - striction which are already used as much for business purposes as the block in question.
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; striction I laborious, iiers were the pow - harles III, uliarities;
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