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The act of constricting, or the state of being constricted.

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  1. n. The act of constricting, or the state of being constricted.
  2. The act of constricting, or the state of being constricted. Line of striction (Geom.), the line on a skew surface that cuts each generator in that point of it that is nearest to the succeeding generator.
  3. The act of constricting, or the state of being constricted.Line of striction (Geom.), the line on a skew surface that cuts eachgenerator in that point of it that is nearest to the succeedinggenerator.
  4. n. The act of constricting, or the state of being constricted.