Main Page | See live article | Alphabetical index This is a disambiguation page. If you followed a link here, you might want to go back and fix that link. The word contraction when used alone, has several possible meanings in the English language. The term "contraction", when used by itself can refer to: Contraction in mathematics A contraction in childbirth A contraction of two or more words A contraction, in physical science, can occur to solid matter as it coolss; for example, scarps are created by contraction. This article is from Wikipedia. All text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License.