Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

contractional

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: con-trac-tion-al
IPA

17

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

4

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

of or related to contraction

Example Sentences

"Removal of SCLM can be accomplished by thermal erosion associated with a rising plume head, by extensional thinning of the lithosphere (and associated mantle upwelling), or by processes related to contractional tectonics [e.g., foundering of lithosphere during thickening, peeling of lithosphere, shearing away of lithosphere during shallow subduction, or erosion of lithosphere induced by flow in the mantle wedge above a subducting slab (1-5, 7 )]."
"Bars show principal horizontal stresses; black bars correspond to contractional stress and white bars to extensional stress."

Etymology

From contraction + -al.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: contraction

Questions

What does contractional mean?: of or related to contraction
Where does contractional come from?: From contraction + -al.

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