contraction

s. contracción, acortamiento, crispamiento, decrecimiento, encogimiento, recesión

contracción | espasmo | contractura

Def: En impresión, letras que se imprimen de tal modo que un costado de una monta sobre la otra, como "æ"
Ex: The Aldine greek was based on a much admired humanistic cursive hand which relied for its good looks on a multiplicity of alternative letters, ligatures, and contractions.

Ex: 'Modem' is a contraction of 'modulator-demodulator'.

Ex: The euphoric years of affluence and expansion in the decades immediately following the midpoint of the century have given way to traumatic years of austerity and contraction.

(n.) = contracción, letra contraccional

Def: En impresión, letras que se imprimen de tal modo que un costado de una monta sobre la otra, como "æ".
Ex: The Aldine greek was based on a much admired humanistic cursive hand which relied for its good looks on a multiplicity of alternative letters, ligatures, and contractions.

(n.) = contracción
Ex: 'Modem' is a contraction of 'modulator-demodulator'.

(n.) = reducción, recortes
Ex: The euphoric years of affluence and expansion in the decades immediately following the midpoint of the century have given way to traumatic years of austerity and contraction.