Contraction
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The term contraction can refer to:
- A contraction (childbirth) that occurs during childbirth;
- A contraction (linguistics) of two more individual words;
- A contraction (science) that can occur to solid matter as it cools;
- A contraction mapping, in mathematics, is a type of function on a metric space;
- A muscle contraction that occurs when a muscle fiber shortens;
- Tensor contraction in tensor theory;
- A contraction, a structural rule in proof theory, see idempotency of entailment