- Narrowing
- Narrowing Nar"row*ing, n.
1. The act of contracting, or of making or becoming less in
breadth or extent.
[1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.
Narrowing
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narrowing — narrow narrow 2 verb [intransitive, transitive] also narrow down to become less or to make something less in range, difference etc: • Growing competition for contracts will narrow profit margins. • The gap between the two companies is clearly… … Financial and business terms
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narrowing — susiaurėjimas statusas T sritis fizika atitikmenys: angl. constriction; narrowing; waist vok. Einengung, f; Einschnürung, f; Verengerung, f rus. сужение, n pranc. constriction, f; pincement, m; rétrécissement, m … Fizikos terminų žodynas
narrowing — См. Bedeutungsverschiebung … Пятиязычный словарь лингвистических терминов
narrowing — Synonyms and related words: abbreviation, astriction, astringency, ban, bar, barring, blockade, bottleneck, boycott, cervix, circumscription, coarctation, compactedness, compaction, compression, compressure, concentration, condensation, confining … Moby Thesaurus
narrowing — Смотри Пережим … Энциклопедический словарь по металлургии
narrowing — (Roget s IV) n. Syn. shortening, restricting, lessening; see abbreviation 2 , contraction 1 , reduction 1 … English dictionary for students
narrowing — nar·row || nærəʊ v. make narrow, limit, restrict; contract, lessen in width, taper adj. tight, strait; reduced; narrow minded; not wide n. narrow place (valley, mountain pass, etc.); narrow passage … English contemporary dictionary
