(1) The costs the Contractor expects to incur under this contract in the next 60 days, when added to all costs previously incurred, will exceed 75 percent of the estimated cost specified in the Schedule; or.
1. tightening, narrowing, tensing, shortening, drawing in, constricting, shrinkage Cramp is caused by contraction of the muscles. 2. abbreviation, reduction, shortening, compression, diminution, constriction, elision `It's' is a contraction of `it is'. Translations.
A: Labor pains, or contractions, result when the uterus (which is a muscle) begins to contract. There are 2 kinds of contractions: true labor contractions and false contractions (also known as Braxton-Hicks contractions). In general, contractions are usually felt in the lower middle abdomen.