(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.
Noun. 1. muscle contraction - (physiology) a shortening or tensing of a part or organ (especially of a muscle or muscle fiber). contraction, muscular contraction.shortening-act of decreasing in length; the dress needs shortening.raxton-Hicks contraction, false labor-painless contractions of the muscles of the uterus that continue throughout pregnancy with increasing frequency. vaginismus-muscular contraction that causes the vagina to close; usually an anxiety reaction before coitus or pelvic examination.