contraction

noun
1
the process of becoming smaller
انقباض, جمع شدگی
opposite expansion
2
a sudden and painful contracting of muscles, especially the muscles around a woman’s womb, that happens when she is giving birth to a child
درد زایمانی, جمع شدن عضلات در زایمان
The contractions started coming every five minutes.
Neurons control the contraction of muscles.
The contractions were coming every ten minutes.
3
a short form of a word
اختصار, کوتاه‌شده
‘He's’ may be a contraction of ‘he is’ or ‘he has’.