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    contraction


    1. When doing the thing we're supposed to do it leads us to our greatest fulfillment we will experience the sense of expansion not contraction


    2. Contraction is the result of reactions


    3. Contraction shrinkage of concrete in


    4. voids occurring as the result of cement contraction, %; V - volume of w


    5. The English word “expect” is actually a contraction of 2


    6. Aluminum is known to have the least amount of contraction and expansion of all the


    7. breaking this bond powers the contraction of the muscle


    8. Basically, when your muscle is in the stretched position of an explosive move such as a vertical jump, the muscles and tendons store energy to prepare for the next contraction or explosive move


    9. controlling the PC muscle (by internal contraction of the muscle or


    10. Angel waited for the pain to subside then sat down and drank her green tea, she was nearly finished when another pained started this one was stronger than the others so thought to her self she should time them, thirty minutes later her pains were coming four minutes apart and lasting for thirty seconds, no she thought she should wake Mrs Worthington up, she slowly started to walked upstairs when she was stopped dead in her tracks as her breathe was taken away by another more severe contraction unable to move she just stood there hanging onto to the banister, when through her pain she heard Mrs Worthington, Angel what on earth is wrong…then she realised Angel was in labour, in no time quick Mrs Worthington had called for the car to be bought around and by the time she got Angel downstairs Harry was there to help her get Angel into the car

    11. Angel gave one almighty push and the nurse could see a head with a dark mass of curls, when you feel the next contraction Angel push with all your might, Angel yelled out here it comes and gave one almighty push and just as she heard her babies first cry the doctor walked in


    12. when she got hit with her first real contraction


    13. the rock, where muscle contraction is explained by actin and myosin


    14. contraction and baby was on the move again


    15. contraction, which pushed the baby out further; the force


    16. race to the hospital at the slightest contraction and worry


    17. the next contraction, we would be OK


    18. But just then there was another huge contraction


    19. If there was another contraction, surely


    20. another huge contraction, just at the wrong time

    21. Now, Rosie, when ya have another contraction, push real hard, as hard as ya can!�


    22. She rested for a moment, and felt another contraction


    23. When 2 words are joined together to make a shorter word the new word is called a contraction


    24. Ergots cause prolonged contraction of the uterus and can cause a


    25. Ergots cause prolonged contraction of the uterus and can cause a pregnant woman to miscarry


    26. After the collapse has stopped, while the contraction increases the


    27. contraction and collapse of stellar material; the second corresponds to the


    28. a) The phenomenon that corresponds to the contraction of stellar


    29. This contraction comes about by mobilizing


    30. through the first phases of a star, contraction and collapse towards the center

    31. leadbeater observes that surprise is shown by a sharp contraction of the


    32. Immediately after the contraction of the ovoid into the nucleus, there is a


    33. is expelled during the contraction of the magma bubble into the nucleus


    34. to a gradual contraction


    35. When economic contraction causes jobs to be cut, it takes time to generate psychological confidence in economic recovery at the managerial level before new positions are added


    36. Plyometrics is used to develop explosive speed, and focuses on maximal power instead of maximal strength by compressing the force of muscular contraction into as short a period as possible, and may be used to improve the effectiveness of a boxer's punch, or to increase the vertical jumping ability of a basketball player


    37. Breathing: Inhale on the movement outward and exhale as you reach maximum contraction on chest muscles


    38. That is the Dynamic Law of Contraction and Expansion


    39. With a volcanic burst of contraction and expansion, it tumbled backward, rolling now with frantic haste down the corridor


    40. Muscle pain is a normal result of weightlifting; the absence of contraction signifies no resistance, which necessitates heavier weights

    41. This position allows more bicep contraction because of the absence of the momentum in the standing position


    42. It was not cool in the chamber, but he felt a prickling of his scalp, an icy contraction of his flesh


    43. * Contraction of I’ve


    44. which acts as sort of a bellows in that its contraction and relaxation is what


    45. Still, the rift resisted the contraction of the whips as if it had a mind of its own


    46. and that cycles of expansion and contraction result from collisions between our cosmic


    47. This constriction which is associated with complete contraction of members and muscles is alternating with full relaxation as well as it is joined mainly with a quickening of the heart‘s pulses to the utmost speed


    48. Note: Some believe the Universe itself is infinite and eternal, a continuum of expansion and contraction


    49. During a contraction, when credit risk is still high, consumers will not


    50. At the prospect of a contraction, there is a











































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    Synonyms for "contraction"

    contraction muscle contraction muscular contraction compression condensation dwindling shrinking receding decrease shortening squeezing abbreviation colloquialism abstract compendium

    "contraction" definitions

    (physiology) a shortening or tensing of a part or organ (especially of a muscle or muscle fiber)


    the process or result of becoming smaller or pressed together


    a word formed from two or more words by omitting or combining some sounds


    the act of decreasing (something) in size or volume or quantity or scope