1. Noun
The act of constricting by means of some inherent power or by movement or change in the thing itself, as distinguished from compression.
2. Noun
The state of being constricted; the point where a thing is constricted; a narrowing or binding.
3. Noun
a narrowing that reduces the flow through a channel
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