narrowing : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: narrowing	by the DICT Development Group
4 results for narrowing
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
narrowing adj becoming gradually narrower; "long tapering fingers"; "trousers with tapered legs" Synonym(s): tapered, tapering, narrowing (of circumstances) tending to constrict freedom Synonym(s): constricting, constrictive, narrowing n an instance of becoming narrow a decrease in width Antonym(s): broadening, widening the act of making something narrower Antonym(s): broadening, widening
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Narrow \Nar"row\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Narrowed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Narrowing}.] [AS. nearwian.] 1. To lessen the breadth of; to contract; to draw into a smaller compass; to reduce the width or extent of. --Sir W. Temple. 2. To contract the reach or sphere of; to make less liberal or more selfish; to limit; to confine; to restrict; as, to narrow one's views or knowledge; to narrow a question in discussion. Our knowledge is much more narrowed if we confine ourselves to our own solitary reasonings. --I. Watts. 3. (Knitting) To contract the size of, as a stocking, by taking two stitches into one.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Narrowing \Nar"row*ing\, n. 1. The act of contracting, or of making or becoming less in breadth or extent. 2. The part of a stocking which is narrowed.
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
narrowing {Unification} followed by {unfolding}. The left-hand side of a {rule} is unified with some term, resulting in a set of variable bindings. The term is then replaced by the right-hand side of the rule with values substituted for {bound variable}s.