The phrase "a slight contraction" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe a small reduction or tightening in size, volume, or intensity, often in a physical or metaphorical context.
Example: "The doctor noted a slight contraction in the patient's muscles during the examination."
Alternatives: "a minor reduction" or "a small decrease".
With regard to the effects on the structure of the state economy, the oil and gas industry suffers only a slight contraction but the energy-supplying sector as a whole contracts substantially.
The pullback in government spending, especially on the military, led to a slight contraction in fourth-quarter gross domestic product, reported on Wednesday.
That downward revision could even lead to a revised calculation for second-quarter economic growth to zero -- or even to a slight contraction.
The bradykinin B1 receptor agonist des-Arg9-bradykinin only caused a slight contraction, measured 6 h after the tissue was set up.
Meanwhile, Taiwan recorded a slight contraction in GDP for the second quarter, dragged down by stagnant exports of smartphones and PCs.
A decline in consumer spending contributed to a slight contraction in the third quarter from the previous three months, according to Brazil's statistics agency.
After the hotspot of the ECR was located, RMT and the active motor threshold (AMT) were determined, defined as the minimal stimulus intensity necessary to produce MEPs larger than 0.1 mV in at least five out of ten consecutive trials while subjects maintained a slight voluntary contraction of the ECR at approx. 3% of the maximal voluntary contraction.
On Thursday, the European Commission announced that it foresaw little or no growth in the European Union in the fourth quarter of the year, and a slight 0.1 percent contraction for the euro zone, the 17 countries using the euro currency.
Before Chivers could use a computer program to analyze her data, she needed to "clean" it, as the process is called — she had to eliminate errant readings, moments when a subject's shifting in her chair caused a slight pelvic contraction that might have jarred the plethysmograph, which could generate a spike in the readings and distort the overall results.
Only MEPs with the same latency and morphology were stored for post-processing: a MEP-to-MEP latency onset difference of 1 ms occurring in the FDI or ADM responses was considered as proof of activation of a different neural pool (or as warning for a slight voluntary contraction).
At later time points (> 24 h), a slight additional contraction of pure Col I gels by C2C12-α2β1 cells was observed in response to thrombin.
