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midst collapse: the location of something surrounded by other things; "in the midst of the crowd"

shirt collapse: a garment worn on the upper half of the body; put a shirt on

isthmus collapse: a cord-like tissue connecting two larger parts of an anatomical structure; a relatively narrow strip of land (with water on both sides) connecting two larger land areas

midmost collapse: the middle or central part or point; "in the midst of the forest"; "could he walk out in the midst of his piece?"

systole collapse: the contraction of the chambers of the heart (especially the ventricles) to drive blood into the aorta and pulmonary artery

compression collapse: applying pressure; encoding information while reducing the bandwidth or bits required; the process or result of becoming smaller or pressed together; "the contraction of a gas on cooling"

median collapse: the value below which 50% of the cases fall; relating to or situated in or extending toward the middle

constriction collapse: the action or process of compressing; a tight feeling in some part of the body; "he felt a constriction in her chest"; "she felt an alarming tightness in her chest"; "emotion caused a constriction of his throat"; tight or narrow compression; a narrowing that reduces the flow through a channel

narrowing collapse: the act of making something narrower; an instance of becoming narrow; a decrease in width

diameter collapse: the length of a straight line passing through the center of a circle and connecting two points on the circumference; a straight line connecting the center of a circle with two points on its perimeter (or the center of a sphere with two points on its surface)

abbreviation collapse: shortening something by omitting parts of it; a shortened form of a word or phrase

astringency collapse: the ability to contract or draw together soft body tissues to check blood flow or restrict secretion of fluids; a sharp astringent taste; the taste experience when a substance causes the mouth to pucker

linen collapse: white goods or clothing made with linen cloth; a fabric woven with fibers from the flax plant; a high-quality paper made of linen fibers or with a linen finish

middle collapse: the middle area of the human torso (usually in front); "young American women believe that a bare midriff is fashionable"; an intermediate part or section; "A whole is that which has beginning, middle, and end"- Aristotle; time between the beginning and the end of a temporal period; "the middle of the war"; "rain during the middle of April"; between an earlier and a later period of time; "in the middle years"; "in his middle thirties"; of a stage in the development of a language or literature between earlier and later stages; "Middle English is the English language from about 1100 to 1500"; "Middle Gaelic"; put in the middle

interior collapse: of or coming from the middle of a region or country; "upcountry districts"; inside and toward a center; "interior regions of the earth"; situated within or suitable for inside a building; "an interior scene"; "interior decoration"; "an interior bathroom without windows"

nucleus collapse: a part of the cell containing DNA and RNA and responsible for growth and reproduction; any histologically identifiable mass of neural cell bodies in the brain or spinal cord; the positively charged dense center of an atom; (astronomy) the center of the head of a comet; consists of small solid particles of ice and frozen gas that vaporizes on approaching the sun to form the coma and tail

equator collapse: an imaginary line around the Earth forming the great circle that is equidistant from the north and south poles; "the equator is the boundary between the northern and southern hemispheres"; a circle dividing a sphere or other surface into two usually equal and symmetrical parts

bottleneck collapse: the narrow part of a bottle near the top; become narrow, like a bottleneck; "Right by the bridge, the road bottlenecks"; slow down or impede by creating an obstruction; "His laziness has bottlenecked our efforts to reform the system"

condensation collapse: (psychoanalysis) an unconscious process whereby two ideas or images combine into a single symbol; especially in dreams; a shortened version of a written work; atmospheric moisture that has condensed because of cold; the process of changing from a gaseous to a liquid or solid state

strangulation collapse: (pathology) constriction of a body part so as to cut off the flow of blood or other fluid; "strangulation of the intestine"; the condition of having respiration stopped by compression of the air passage

diaphragm collapse: a mechanical device in a camera that controls size of aperture of the lens; "the new cameras adjust the diaphragm automatically"; electro-acoustic transducer that vibrates to receive or produce sound waves; a contraceptive device consisting of a flexible dome-shaped cup made of rubber or plastic; it is filled with spermicide and fitted over the uterine cervix; (anatomy) a muscular partition separating the abdominal and thoracic cavities; functions in respiration

kernel collapse: the choicest or most essential or most vital part of some idea or experience; "the gist of the prosecutor's argument"; "the heart and soul of the Republican Party"; "the nub of the story"; a single whole grain of a cereal; "a kernel of corn"; the inner and usually edible part of a seed or grain or nut or fruit stone; "black walnut kernels are difficult to get out of the shell"

consolidation collapse: the act of combining into an integral whole; "a consolidation of two corporations"; "after their consolidation the two bills were passed unanimously"; "the defendants asked for a consolidation of the actions against them"; combining into a solid mass; something that has consolidated into a compact mass; "he dropped the consolidation into the acid bath"

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