striction

English

Etymology

From Latin strictio. See stringent.

Noun

striction

  1. The act of constricting, or the state of being constricted.
  2. (geometry) The definition of a geometric shape as all points with some relationship to a central point, curve, etc., for example, a circle is the striction of all points at a distance of the radius from a single point.

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