The acquisition of something, generally negative.
A period of economic decline or negative growth.
Syncope, the loss of sounds from within a word.
A process whereby one or more sounds of a free morpheme (a word) are lost or reduced, such that it becomes a bound morpheme (a clitic) that attaches phonologically to an adjacent word.
A strong and often painful shortening of the uterine muscles prior to or during childbirth.
A shorthand symbol indicating an omission for the purpose of brevity.
A reversible reduction in size.
A word with omitted letters replaced by an apostrophe, usually resulting from the above process.
The process of contracting a disease.
A distinct stage of wound healing, wherein the wound edges are gradually pulled together.
A shortening of a muscle during its use.
The shortest sub-wff of which a given instance of a logical connective is a part.
A device used in aiming a projectile, through which the person aiming looks at the intended target.
The region of program source code in which a given identifier is meaningful, or a given object can be accessed.
The region of an utterance to which some modifying element applies.
Any medical procedure that ends in the suffix -scopy, such as endoscopy, colonoscopy, bronchoscopy, etc.
The breadth, depth or reach of a subject; a domain.
Opportunity; broad range; degree of freedom.
A periscope, telescope, microscope or oscilloscope.
To perform any medical procedure that ends in the suffix -scopy, such as endoscopy, colonoscopy, bronchoscopy, etc.
To perform a cursory investigation of; scope out.
To define the scope of something.
To limit (an object or variable) to a certain region of program source code.
To examine under a microscope.
To observe a bird using a spotting scope.