Constriction — meaning, pronunciation & more

Definition

a narrowing that reduces the flow through a channel

tight or narrow compression

Pronunciation

🇺🇸American English

/kɹˌænɪˈɑːpəθi/

🇬🇧British English

/kənstɹˈɪkʃən/

🇮🇳Indian English

/kənstɹˈɪkʃən/

3 syllables Say it as /kɹˌænɪˈɑːpəθi/.

Examples

he felt a constriction in her chest
she felt an alarming tightness in her chest
emotion caused a constriction of his throat

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

tightness bottleneck chokepoint coarctation

Parts of Speech

noun	a narrowing that reduces the flow through a channel
noun	tight or narrow compression
noun	a tight feeling in some part of the body “he felt a constriction in her chest”
noun	the action or process of compressing

Word Forms

constrict	verb	become tight or as if tight
bottleneck	verb	become narrow, like a bottleneck
tight	adjective	closely constrained or constricted or constricting

Around the World

Europe

🇩🇪German

Einengung

eine Verengung, die den Fluss durch einen Kanal verringert

🇪🇸Spanish

constricción

Un estrechamiento que reduce el flujo a través de un canal.

🇮🇹Italian

costrizione

un restringimento che riduce il flusso attraverso un canale

🇳🇱Dutch

vernauwing

een vernauwing die de stroming door een kanaal vermindert

🇵🇹Portuguese

constrição

um estreitamento que reduz o fluxo através de um canal

🇷🇺Russian

сужение

сужение, которое уменьшает поток через канал

India

🇮🇳Hindi

कसना

एक संकुचन जो एक चैनल के माध्यम से प्रवाह को कम करता है

🇧🇩Bengali

সংকোচন

একটি সংকীর্ণ যা একটি চ্যানেলের মাধ্যমে প্রবাহ হ্রাস করে

🇮🇳Tamil

சுருக்கம்

ஒரு சேனல் வழியாக ஓட்டத்தை குறைக்கும் ஒரு குறுகலானது

🇮🇳Telugu

సంకోచం

ఛానెల్ ద్వారా ప్రవాహాన్ని తగ్గించే సంకుచితం

🇮🇳Marathi

आकुंचन

एक अरुंद करणे जे चॅनेलमधून प्रवाह कमी करते

🇮🇳Gujarati

સંકોચન

એક સાંકડી જે ચેનલ દ્વારા પ્રવાહ ઘટાડે છે

🇮🇳Kannada

ಸಂಕೋಚನ

ಚಾನಲ್ ಮೂಲಕ ಹರಿವನ್ನು ಕಡಿಮೆ ಮಾಡುವ ಕಿರಿದಾಗುವಿಕೆ

🇮🇳Malayalam

സങ്കോചം

ഒരു ചാനലിലൂടെയുള്ള ഒഴുക്ക് കുറയ്ക്കുന്ന ഒരു സങ്കോചം

🇮🇳Punjabi

ਸੰਕੁਚਨ

ਇੱਕ ਸੰਕੁਚਿਤ ਜੋ ਇੱਕ ਚੈਨਲ ਦੁਆਰਾ ਪ੍ਰਵਾਹ ਨੂੰ ਘਟਾਉਂਦਾ ਹੈ

🇵🇰Urdu

تنگی

ایک تنگ کرنا جو چینل کے ذریعے بہاؤ کو کم کرتا ہے۔

East & Southeast Asia

🇨🇳Chinese

收缩

减少通过通道的流量的变窄

🇯🇵Japanese

狭窄

チャネルを通る流れを減少させる狭窄

🇰🇷Korean

긴축

채널을 통한 흐름을 감소시키는 좁아짐

🇻🇳Vietnamese

sự co thắt

sự thu hẹp làm giảm dòng chảy qua một kênh

🇹🇭Thai

การหดตัว

การตีบแคบที่ช่วยลดการไหลผ่านช่องทาง

🇮🇩Indonesian

penyempitan

penyempitan yang mengurangi aliran melalui saluran

🇵🇭Filipino

paninikip

isang pagpapaliit na nagpapababa ng daloy sa isang channel

🇲🇾Malay

penyempitan

penyempitan yang mengurangkan aliran melalui saluran

Middle East

🇸🇦Arabic

انقباض

تضييق يقلل من التدفق عبر القناة

🇮🇷Persian

انقباض

باریک شدن که جریان را از طریق یک کانال کاهش می دهد

🇹🇷Turkish

daralma

bir kanaldaki akışı azaltan bir daralma

🇮🇱Hebrew

הֲצָרָה

צמצום המפחית את הזרימה דרך תעלה

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