Term: contraction: (physiology) a shortening or tensing of a part or organ (especially of a muscle or muscle fiber)
Broader: change of magnitude: the act of changing the amount or size of something | Unrelated: snapping shrimp: small shrimp that makes a snapping noise with one of their enlarged chelae
Broader: change of magnitude: the act of changing the amount or size of something | Unrelated: spark gap: the gap between two high-potential terminals
Broader: change of magnitude: the act of changing the amount or size of something | Unrelated: foreground: (computer science) a window for an active application
Broader: change of magnitude: the act of changing the amount or size of something | Unrelated: information measure: a system of measurement of information based on the probabilities of the events that convey information
Broader: change of magnitude: the act of changing the amount or size of something | Unrelated: uplifting: the rise of something
Broader: change of magnitude: the act of changing the amount or size of something | Unrelated: emberiza: Old World buntings
Broader: change of magnitude: the act of changing the amount or size of something | Unrelated: quart: a British imperial capacity measure (liquid or dry) equal to 2 pints or 1.136 liters
Broader: change of magnitude: the act of changing the amount or size of something | Unrelated: pluralism: the practice of one person holding more than one benefice at a time
Broader: change of magnitude: the act of changing the amount or size of something | Unrelated: douche: irrigation with a jet of water or medicated solution into or around a body part (especially the vagina) to treat infections or cleanse from odorous contents
Broader: change of magnitude: the act of changing the amount or size of something | Unrelated: dragee: pill that is a sugar-coated medicated candy