00148057-n 'the act of making something tighter';
 
Chinese (simplified) 紧缩 , 绷紧 , 变紧
English tightening 1 ( ⊳ ⇔ )
Italian inasprimento , irrigidimento
Japanese 締付け , 引き締め , 締めつけ , 締め付け , 引締め , 引締 , 緊縮 , 締付
Definitions
English
the act of making something tighter
― the tightening of economic controls
Japanese
何かをよりきつくする行為
― 経済統制の引き締め
Relations
Hyponym: take-up tensioning
Hypernym: alteration
Antonym: loosening
Semantic Field: actn
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