Sentence examples for were contraction from inspiring English sources
noun
A reversible reduction in size.
Of the 276 nonfunctional cDNA clones that we sequenced, 94.2% were of the original opa31 genotype (260 clones) and 5.8% were contraction variants (13 opa30L clones, two opa29L clones, and one opa27R clone).
Of the 218 endogenous clones, 94.0% were of the original opa31 genotype (205 clones), and 6.0% were contraction variants (nine opa30L clones, one opa29L clone, and two opa30R clones).
Of the 360 clones, 93.6% were of the original genotypes (337 clones of either opa31 or opa32), 5.8% were contraction variants (10 clones each of either opa30L or opa31L, and one clone of opa28L), and 0.6% corresponded to one opa33L expansion variant encoding Q 14 HQ 18 (two clones).
Fehr said another matter discussed was contraction.
But the opposite of growth is contraction.
Besides payroll disparity, the term heard most often in baseball these days is contraction.
"Some guys know that if there is contraction, some jobs will be lost," Cordero said.
THE new buzzword in baseball is contraction, as in the folding of two franchises.
The result, says the nascent industry, could be contraction and less food waste being saved for energy.
For some, it's contraction.
