Assertion: contraction | /r/HasProperty | the act
Facets:
value: anatomically
type: MANNER
value: as the squeezing of heart muscles
type: OTHER
value: specifically
type: MANNER
Source sentences:
text: A contraction is the act of decreasing the size of something or shortening it, or it can be the process of becoming smaller or compressed.
text: Anatomically, a contraction is the shortening of muscles, more specifically such actions as the squeezing of heart muscles to pump blood, or the peristaltic movements that propel a fetus through the birth canal.