单词 | contraction |
释义 | contraction [kǝn`trak·shǝn] GRAPHIC ARTS A microfilm defect in the form of a compressed image that occurs when the film speed is reduced as the document passes through a rotary microfilmer. MATHEMATICS 1. A continuous function of a metric space to itself which moves each pair of points closer together. 2. The operation of setting one of the contravariant indices of a tensor equal to one of the covariant indices and summing over this index, yielding a tensor of order two less than that of the original tensor. MECHANICS The action or process of becoming smaller or pressed together, as a gas on cooling. PHYSIOLOGY Shortening of the fibers of muscle tissue. |
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