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発音

• enPR: kən-trăkt′ənt, kŏn′-
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA: /kənˈtɹækt.ənt/, /kənˈtɹakt.ənt/, (contemporary) /ˈkɒn-/, (conservative) /ˈkɔːn-/
• (General American) IPA: /kənˈtɹækt.ənt/, (without the cot–caught merger) /ˈkɔn-/, (cot–caught merger) /ˈkɑn-/
• (Canada) IPA: /kənˈtɹækt.ənt/, (standard) /ˈkɒn-/, (dialectal) /ˈkɑn-/
• (General Australian) IPA: /kənˈtɹækt.ənt/, /ˈkɔn-/
• (New Zealand) IPA: /kənˈtɹɛkt.ənt/, /ˈkɒn-/
• (Scotland) IPA: /kənˈtɹakt.ənt/, /ˈkɔn-/
• (India) IPA: /konˈʈɾa(ː)kʈ.anʈ/, /ˈkɔn-/
• 韻: -æktənt, -ɒntɹæktənt
• ハイフネーション: con‧tract‧​ant

名詞

contractant (plural contractants)(rare)

1. (chiefly law) A contracting party; one that contracts.
   • 1860, Theodore Dwight Woolsey, Introduction to the Study of International Law‎, third (revised and enlarged) edition, quoted in Century 1911, New York City, NY: Scribner, Armstrong & Co., published 1872, § 191, page 327:

     That trading vessels of any of the contractant, under convoy, shall lodge with the commander of the convoying vessel their passports and certificates or sea-letters, drawn up according to a certain form.

2. (mathematics) Synonym of condensation.

参照

Further reading

• “contractant, n.”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.
• “contractant, n.”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
• William Dwight Whitney and Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1914), “contractant, n.”, in The Century Dictionary: An Encyclopedic Lexicon of the English Language, revised edition, volumes I (A–C), New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC, page 1232, column 1.
• William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “contractant, n.”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC, page 1232, column 1.