constriction : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: constriction	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for constriction
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
constriction n a narrowing that reduces the flow through a channel [syn: constriction, bottleneck, chokepoint] tight or narrow compression Synonym(s): constriction, coarctation a tight feeling in some part of the body; "he felt a constriction in her chest"; "she felt an alarming tightness in her chest"; "emotion caused a constriction of his throat" Synonym(s): constriction, tightness the action or process of compressing
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Constriction \Constric"tion\, n. [L. constrictio: cf. F. constriction.] 1. The act of constricting by means of some inherent power or by movement or change in the thing itself, as distinguished from compression. 2. The state of being constricted; the point where a thing is constricted; a narrowing or binding. A constriction* of the parts inservient to speech. --Grew.