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11. shrink, become smaller, shrivel, wither, dwindle, decline, fall off, abate, subside, fall away, waste, wane, ebb.

contracted, adj. 1. compressed, concentrated, drawn together, made smaller, constricted, straitened, constringed, astringed, squeezed, tightened, cramped, pinched, bound, wrapped-up; shrunken, shriveled, withered, dwindled, wasted; reduced, retrenched, shortened, curtate, lessened, curtailed, decreased, diminished, cut, cut down, cut back, cut short, cut off, subtracted, subducted, abbreviated, narrowed, cropped, clipped, shorn, trimmed, pruned.
2. condensed, abridged, digested; abstracted, synop-sized, summarized, epitomized.
3. (
all of the mind or outlook) narrow, narrow-minded, restricted, insular, isolated, isolationist, shallow, confined, short-sighted, near-sighted; prejudiced, bigoted, one-sided, partial, biased, opinionated, opinionative, self-opinionated, dogmatic, didactic; stiff, stiffnecked, rooted, immovable, set in one's ways; intolerant, illiberal, ultra-conservative, reactionary, straitlaced, puritanical.

contraction, n. 1. compression, compressing, condensation, condensing, concentration, concentrating, abstracting, summarizing, digesting; constriction, constricting, confinement, confining, constringency, con-stringing, astringency, astringing, straitening, squeezing, tightening, pinching, cramping, binding, wrapping up; reduction, reducing, retrenchment, retrenching, shortening, lessening, curtailment, curtailing, diminishing, decrease, decreasing, cut, cutting down or back or short, subtraction, subtracting, subduction, subducting, abbreviating, bridging, abridging, narrowing, cropping, clipping, trimming, pruning, shearing.
2. abstraction, summarization, synopsis, digest, brief, epitome, abbreviation, compendium, rdsumd, prdcis, prospectus, survey, abridgment; narrow straits, squeeze, shortage, loss, diminution, compactness.
3.
Physiology. (all of muscle) contracture, tension, tenseness, tensing, flexing, tightness, tightening, stretching.
4. restriction, control, limitation, regulation, protection, constraint; withdrawal, removal, extraction, taking out
or away.
5.
Gram, ellipsis, Gram, syncope, Gram, hapology; Phon. elision, Phon. synaerisis.

contractor, n. architect, builder, constructor, mason, manufacturer, maker, artificer; planner, deviser; worker, jobber, journeyman,

contradict, v. 1. deny, disaffirm, gainsay, controvert, dispute; oppose, counter.
2. dissent, differ, challenge, impugn; rebut, refute; disprove, overthrow, negate, confute.
3. belie, disallow, thwart, counteract, contravene, run counter to; reverse, cancel, rescind, abrogate, annul, nullify.

contradiction, n. 1. disaffirmation, gainsay, controversion, denial, denegation; contravention, refutation, negation, confutation.
2. response, rebuttal, rejoinder, impugnment, disputation, dissension; disagreement, difference of opinion.
3. inconsistency, variance, discrepancy, disparity, ambivalence, antithesis; incongruity, contrariety, antilogy,
Rhet. antiphrasis; clash, controversiality, discordancy.

contradictory, adj. 1. contradicting, inconsistent, paradoxical, ambivalent, antithetical, incongruous, inconsistent, discrepant; opposing, conflicting, antagonistic, irreconcilable, refutative, negational.

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Element
Element : gallium
Symbol : ga
Atomic no. : 31
Melting Point (deg c) : 29.76
Boiling Point (deg c) : 2204
Discoverer : de boisbaudran (1875)      .. More >>
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