Constriction

[kən'strɪkʃn] or [kən'strɪkʃən]

Definition

(noun.) the action or process of compressing.

(noun.) 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'.

(noun.) tight or narrow compression.

(noun.) a narrowing that reduces the flow through a channel.

Edited by Jeffrey--From WordNet

Definition

(n.) The act of constricting by means of some inherent power or by movement or change in the thing itself, as distinguished from compression.

(n.) The state of being constricted; the point where a thing is constricted; a narrowing or binding.

Editor: Mamie

Synonyms and Synonymous

n. Contraction, compression.

Checker: Roy