muscle contraction

Questions about muscle contraction

What is another word for muscle contraction?

It depends which muscle contraction you mean. In the sense “(physiology) a shortening or tensing of a part or organ (especially of a muscle or muscle fiber)”, the synonyms are contraction, muscular contraction. Across all 1 sense there are 2 distinct synonyms, and they are not interchangeable with each other — this page lists them under the sense each one belongs to.

What is the opposite of muscle contraction?

WordNet records no antonym for muscle contraction. Antonymy in WordNet is a relation between specific word forms rather than between concepts, so it is recorded only where lexicographers judged the pairing direct. An absence here means none was recorded, not that none can be imagined.

Where do the synonyms for muscle contraction come from?

From Princeton University's WordNet, a lexical database maintained by lexicographers since 1985. A synonym here means a word form that shares a synset with this word — a set of forms interchangeable in one recorded context. Nothing on this page is generated by a language model.

Other views of muscle contraction

• Full entry for muscle contractionAll 1 sense, with examples, usage labels, syllables and pronunciation.
• Rhymes for muscle contractionWhether this word can be rhymed at all — it is not in the pronouncing dictionary.
• Thesaurus homeHow WordNet synsets work, and the collections built for synonym work.