striction noun. ['strɪkʃ(ǝ)n] rare. L19.
[Latin strictio(n-), from strict-: see STRICTURE noun¹, -ION.]
The action of constricting something.
curve of striction, line of striction Geometry in a skew surface, the line that cuts each generator in that point of it that is nearest to the succeeding generator.

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