An Etymological Dictionary of Astronomy and Astrophysics
English-French-Persian

The location in a → fluid stream where the → cross section of the → stream is at a minimum, and fluid velocity is the highest, such as in the case of a → jet issuing out of a → nozzle.

L. vena "channel;" contracta, "contracted," → contract.

Šâre-gozar "fluid passage," → fluid; → passage, terengidé, → contracted.