Striction

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Striction \Stric"tion\, n. [L. strictio. See {Stringent}.]
     The act of constricting, or the state of being constricted.
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     {Line of striction} (Geom.), the line on a skew surface that
        cuts each generator in that point of it that is nearest to


        the succeeding generator.
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