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English to English noun
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a narrowing that reduces the flow through a channel |  | source: wordnet30
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tight or narrow compression | | source: wordnet30
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a tight feeling in some part of the body | | Example: he felt a constriction in her chest
she felt an alarming tightness in her chest
emotion caused a constriction of his throat
source: wordnet30
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the action or process of compressing | | source: wordnet30
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The act of constricting by means of some inherent power or by movement or change in the thing itself, as distinguished from compression. | | source: webster1913
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