rétrécissement

Definitions of rétrécissement
  1. noun
    process or result of becoming less or smaller
    synonyms: réduction
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    types:
    compression, contraction
    the process or result of becoming smaller or pressed together
    type of:
    baisse
    a change downward
  2. noun
    a narrowing that reduces the flow through a channel
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    type of:
    connicité
    an instance of becoming narrow
  3. noun
    the act of becoming less
    synonyms: réduction
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    type of:
    diminution, réduction
    the act of decreasing or reducing something
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