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supercontraction

noun

Etymology

From super- + contraction.

  1. derived from *dʰregʰ-✻ — “to drag, pull; to run”
  2. derived from contractiō — “a drawing together, contraction; abridgement, shortening; dejection, despondency”
  3. derived from contraction
  4. inherited from contraccioun
  5. prefixed as supercontraction — “super + contraction”

Definitions

  1. The contraction (by up to 50%) of spider dragline silk in high humidity

  2. The contraction of textile fibres when treated with heat etc.

The neighborhood

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