Hypertext Webster Gateway: "constriction"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Constriction \Con*stric"tion\, n. [L. constrictio: cf. F.
constriction.]
1. The act of constricting by means of some inherent power or
by movement or change in the thing itself, as
distinguished from compression.
2. The state of being constricted; the point where a thing is
constricted; a narrowing or binding.
A constriction of the parts inservient to speech.
--Grew.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
constriction
n 1: a narrowing that reduces the flow through a channel [syn: {bottleneck}]
2: the action or process of constricting or squeezing
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