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Meaning of "contortional" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF CONTORTIONAL

contortional  [kənˈtɔːʃənəl] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF CONTORTIONAL

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Contortional is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES CONTORTIONAL MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of contortional in the English dictionary

The definition of contortional in the dictionary is involving contortion or contortions.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH CONTORTIONAL


abortional
əˈbɔːʃənəl
attributional
ˌætrɪˈbjuːʃənəl
constitutional
ˌkɒnstɪˈtjuːʃənəl
convolutional
ˌkɒnvəˈluːʃənəl
disproportional
ˌdɪsprəˈpɔːʃənəl
distortional
dɪsˈtɔːʃənəl
distributional
ˌdɪstrɪˈbjuːʃənəl
evolutional
ˌiːvəˈluːʃənəl
insertional
ɪnˈsɜːʃənəl
institutional
ˌɪnstɪˈtjuːʃənəl
involutional
ˌɪnvəˈluːʃənəl
precautional
prɪˈkɔːʃənəl
proportional
prəˈpɔːʃənəl
reversional
rɪˈvɜːʃənəl
revolutional
ˌrɛvəˈluːʃənəl
secretional
sɪˈkriːʃənəl
solutional
səˈluːʃənəl
substitutional
ˌsʌbstɪˈtjuːʃənəl
torsional
ˈtɔːʃənəl
unconstitutional
ˌʌnkɒnstɪˈtjuːʃənəl

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE CONTORTIONAL

conto
contorniate
contorno
contort
contorted
contortedly
contortedness
contortion
contortionate
contortioned
contortionism
contortionist
contortionistic
contortive
contour
contour feather
contour flying
contour interval
contour line
contour map

WORDS THAT END LIKE CONTORTIONAL

additional
conventional
dimensional
educational
emotional
exceptional
functional
inspirational
international
national
occasional
operational
optional
personal
professional
promotional
regional
the National
the Second International
traditional
transitional

Synonyms and antonyms of contortional in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «contortional» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF CONTORTIONAL

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The translations of contortional from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «contortional» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

contortional
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

contortional
570 millions of speakers

English

contortional
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

contortional
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

contortional
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

contortional
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

contortional
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

contortional
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

contortional
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Contortional
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

contortional
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

contortional
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

contortional
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Contortional
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

contortional
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

contortional
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

द्वारपाल
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

contortional
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

contortional
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

contortional
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

contortional
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

contortional
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

contortional
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

contortional
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

contortional
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

contortional
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of contortional

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «CONTORTIONAL»

The term «contortional» is used very little and occupies the 166.215 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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Principal search tendencies and common uses of contortional
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «CONTORTIONAL» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «contortional» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «contortional» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about contortional

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «CONTORTIONAL»

Discover the use of contortional in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to contortional and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Molecular Symmetry and Spectroscopy
For a given electronic transition only certain contortional transitions can occur [ satisfying Eq. (12-68)] from which we obtain selection rules on k,. The contortional transitions give rise to contortional fine structure (like rotational fine structure) in ...
Philip Bunker, 2012
2
Molecular symmetry and spectroscopy
operator Hrcv which is expressed in terms of the components of the rovibronic angular momentum operator Ja (a = x, y or z), the contortional coordinate p, the contortional momentum operator Jp——ihd/dp, the normal coordinates Qr and their ...
Philip R. Bunker, Per Jensen, 1998
3
Strata Mechanics in Coal Mining
Characteristics of Western Canadian Coal Seams and Their Effect on Mine Design, Mining Magazine, London, England, December: 557-564. 9. Das, B., 1 974. Contortional Structures in Coal and Their Effect on the Mechanical Properties of ...
M. Jeremic, 1985
4
The Indian Territory Journals of Colonel Richard Irving Dodge
"Alexia may be an acrobat, whirlwind or contortional dancer, whichever term one is pleased to apply, or she may be called all, which she is. A brunette, with much personality, all the little tricks of the acrobatic, whirlwind or contortional dancer ...
Richard Irving Dodge, Will Rogers, Wayne R. Kime, 2000
5
Fundamentals of Molecular Symmetry
For a non-rigid molecule, these Taylor's series expansions are made in the small- amplitude vibrational coordinates only, with coefficients that are analytical functions of the (large amplitude) contortional coordinate (or coordinates). Using the ...
P.R. Bunker, P. Jensen, 2004
6
CIM Bulletin
Coal pillar intensive yielding deformations, Michael Mine, Western Canada ( diagrams of deformation identical to salt pillar creep). FIGURE 10. Outcrop of coal seam with contortional structure. Coal Valley, Western Canada Density Log (gr/cc ) ...
7
Our Churches and Chapels
They abstain from everything in the contortional and ejaculative line; quiet contemplative intellectualism appears to reign amongst them; a dry, tranquil thoughtfulness, pervades the body. They are eclectical, optimic, cool; believe in taking ...
Atticus, 1st World Library, 2004
8
Gravity, Particles and Space-time
... 0 drop out since i/> and are zero-forms. In view of Z/D — 0, we have Da:=ea\D, (6.17) which is manifestly Hermitian. The canonical spin current of the. 2The contortional contribution reads explicitly ~K^ A?C7«T0/i + aQ,,*7)t/> = - jATa" A ir 238.
Petr Ivanovich Pronin, Gennadiĭ Aleksandrovich Sardanashvili, 1996
9
The Shaken Baby Syndrome: A Multidisciplinary Approach
In another case, a foster father alleged he was holding a 16 month old child at the top of an uncarpeted wooden stairway, whereupon he crouched down and arched backward to pick up a second toddler. The father, demonstrating contortional ...
Vincent J. Palusci, Stephen Lazoritz, 2012
10
The Rough Road
He went on to prescribe a course of physical exercises, so many miles a day walking, such and such back-breaking and contortional performances in his bath- room, if possible a skilfully graduated career in a gymnasium — but his words fell  ...
William J. Locke, 2009

5 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «CONTORTIONAL»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term contortional is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Livv headphones are designed to stay put during sports training
They use over-ear pads with a "contortional" band that wraps around the side and the rear of the user's head in order to keep them in place. «Gizmag, Jun 14»
2
Mica on my mind: Hard to shake memories of the deep and steep …
... and a couple of high-speed crashes in the raucous rock garden run, I came to the realization that contortional manoeuvres are not my forte. «Calgary Herald, Feb 14»
3
5 Calgary elections more interesting than this one
Ald. T.A.P. Frost referred to the new system as “contortional misrepresentation.” Thirteen candidates vied for nine aldermanic seats on the 1917 ... «CBC.ca, Oct 13»
4
Prince EXO3: All-Around Winner
Finally, the throat has been engineered for greater stiffness resulting in improved contortional stability. This is a broad-appeal racquet, meant ... «TrulyNet, Jul 12»
5
Bad Buildings: The Twist(ed)
In Mississauga, where nothing is organic, from what we can tell, this contortional squibble of a building is as fitting a symbol as any. Its trivial ... «Torontoist, Jul 07»

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