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striction
CIDE DICTIONARY
striction, n. [L. strictio. See Stringent.].
The act of constricting, or the state of being constricted. [1913 Webster]
Line of striction (Geom.), the line on a skew surface that cuts each generator in that point of it that is nearest to the succeeding generator.
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