"étrécissement" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: étrécissements [plural]
Etymology: From French [Term?]. See étrécir (“to make narrow”). Etymology templates: {{bor|en|fr|}} French [Term?] Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} étrécissement (countable and uncountable, plural étrécissements), {{tlb|en|art}} (art)
  1. (uncountable) The surrealist technique of cutting away parts of images to develop a new image. Tags: uncountable
    Sense id: en-étrécissement-en-noun-wn8XPMPt Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Art Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 95 5 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 94 6 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 94 6 Disambiguation of Art: 55 45 Topics: art, arts
  2. (countable) An image formed by this technique. Tags: countable
    Sense id: en-étrécissement-en-noun-Y2sNjg26 Categories (other): Art Disambiguation of Art: 55 45 Topics: art, arts

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