encogimiento

encogimiento [en-co-he-me-en’-to]
noun
1. Contraction, contracting, drawing together or shortening; constriction, corrugation. (m)
2. Pusillanimity, want of resolution. (m)
3. Lowness of spirits. (m)
4. Humility, submission, resignation. (m)
  • Encogimiento de los costados -> (Naut.) the tumbling home or housing in of the sides of a ship

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