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contraction

The shortening of two words into one, where an apostrophe is used in place of the omitted letter or letters (I'm, aren't); or the abbreviation of a word to its first and last letters (Mr, St for ‘mister’, ‘street’, ‘saint’).

The use of contractions in written English (other than for dialogue) usually indicates a colloquial or familiar style.



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In free static stretching there is no external loading with muscle relaxation, or with isometric muscle contraction (sometimes called active static stretching).
Runners need active stretching by Yessis, Michael / AMAA Journal
Each subject performed an isometric muscle contraction 3 times consecutively with a 2-minute rest between trials.
Electromyographic analyses of global synkinesis in the paretic upper ... by Wang, Chun-Hou / Physical Therapy
In addition to carrying information from nociceptors to the central nervous system, some group III and IV afferents mediate the pressor response to sustained isometric muscle contraction.
Effect of transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation on the pressor ... by Morgan, Barbara J. / Physical Therapy
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