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 Contraction \Con*trac"tion\, n. [L. contractio: cf. F.
   contraction.]
   1. The act or process of contracting, shortening, or
      shrinking; the state of being contracted; as, contraction
      of the heart, of the pupil of the eye, or of a tendon; the
      contraction produced by cold.
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   2. (Math.) The process of shortening an operation.
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   3. The act of incurring or becoming subject to, as
      liabilities, obligation, debts, etc.; the process of
      becoming subject to; as, the contraction of a disease.
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   4. Something contracted or abbreviated, as a word or phrase;
      -- as, plenipo for plenipotentiary; crim. con. for
      criminal conversation, etc.
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   5. (Gram.) The shortening of a word, or of two words, by the
      omission of a letter or letters, or by reducing two or
      more vowels or syllables to one; as, ne'er for never;
      can't for can not; don't for do not; it's for it is.
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   6. A marriage contract. [Obs.] --Shak.
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