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Air is compressed until the piston reaches the top of the stroke.

The "island" domains suddenly contract into the small circles we call bubbles.

If stretched rubber is warmed, it tends to contract.

The spheres are either growing or shrinking.

This domain shrinks to an angular region.

The initial closed surface shrinks to the origin.

Источник: Русско-английский научно-технический словарь на Gufo.me