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/kənstrˈɪkʃən/ Listen

noun

Constriction n.

The act of constricting by means of some inherent power or by movement or change in the thing itself, as distinguished from compression.

The state of being constricted; the point where a thing is constricted; a narrowing or binding. "A constriction of the parts inservient to speech."

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Etymology of 'Constriction'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Constriction" Quotes from Famous Books

... point of the Island of Orleans," says Parkman, "a constriction of the vast channel narrows it to a mile; on one hand, the green heights of Point Levi; on the other, the cliffs of Quebec. Here, a small stream, the St. Charles, enters the St. Lawrence, and in the angle betwixt them rises the promontory, on two sides a natural ...

— Picturesque Quebec • James MacPherson Le Moine

... matter with his throat—something he had never felt before—a constriction such as, had he been superstitious, he might have taken for the prologue to a rope. Then the thought came—what a brute he must be that his wife should have been afraid to tell him her trouble! Thereupon he tried to speak, but his throat was irresponsive to his will. Eve's ...

— Stephen Archer and Other Tales • George MacDonald

... with a superior air. 'The Vozrozhdenie would do well to study Achad-Haam's philosophy. Then they would understand that their strivings are bound to lead to self-constriction, not self-expression. You were saying that, ...

— Ghetto Comedies • Israel Zangwill

... white, for the outer layer of fungus threads, which are dark brown, is torn and separated into patches or scales, showing between the delicate meshes of white threads which lie beneath. The upper part of the button is already forming the cap, and the slight constriction about midway shows the lower boundary or margin of the pileus where it is still connected with ...

— Studies of American Fungi. Mushrooms, Edible, Poisonous, etc. • George Francis Atkinson

... eyes—turned hastily away from a window, and with a stride added his cap and cloak to the hatrack's burden. He had an almost childishly guilty air of not wishing to be caught at something. And what that something was, Max Doran guessed with a queer constriction of the throat as he looked through the window. This opened into a dim room, which was labelled "Bureau," and framed the head and bust ...

— A Soldier of the Legion • C. N. Williamson

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