Events

Synonyms for contraction

One audited sense, one true synonym, and three words that come close enough to cost you the rung.

Tier 3, Ridgeline · 1 sense · noun

The sensenounTier 3, RidgelineEvents

the process or result of becoming smaller or pressed together

The contraction of a gas on cooling.

The sentence the app shows, and the only thing that settles which meaning is meant.

The true synonym

compression

Same sentence, swapped: The compression of a gas on cooling.

Close but different

These are the other three tiles the game puts on screen for this sense. Each one is a real word with a real meaning, and none of them is a synonym for contraction as it is used in the sentence above.

clipping
shorthand
weakening

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Closest first: other events words at Ridgeline, then the same tier across the rest of the library.

flopnounbusta complete failureRidgeline2 sensesHas a reason line initiationnouninstallationa formal entry into an organization or position or officeRidgelineHas a reason line interruptionnounbreaksome abrupt occurrence that interrupts an ongoing activityRidgeline invasionnounintrusionany entry into an area not previously occupiedRidgeline watershednounlandmarkan event marking a unique or important historical change of course or one on which important developments dependHigh Camp whirnounbirrsound of something in rapid motionSummitHas a reason line wringnoun, verbsqueezea twisting squeezeRidgeline2 sensesHas a reason line coilnounspirala structure consisting of something wound in a continuous series of loopsRidgelineHas a reason line

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