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astrictive

astrictive adjective: binding; astringent.

Adjective

astrictive (comparative more astrictive, superlative most astrictive)

  1. binding; astringent
    • Now there is no small difference in Palmes, Galen himself being Judge, for some are dry and astrictive, as the Egyptian ones; others soft, humid and sweet, as those we call Chariotae; but the best grow in Syria, Palestine, and many Eastern regions, where they suppeditate both meat and drink to the...1657, Jean de Renou, A Medicinal Dispensatory, page 383
    • Some would allege this to be in consequence of a farther operation in the system, but to me its operation seems to be in the stomach, depending on its solvent, absorbent, and astrictive power. In the intestines it acts as astrictive, and so has been found to stop obstinate Dysentery .1781, William Cullen, Lectures on the Materia Medica, page 364
  2. Constricting; providing limits or strictures.
    • Other astrictive properties, such as upper bound, lower bound, and tight bounds can also be achieved in S-PIM, by devising properly a strain construction scheme.2013, Gui-Rong Liu, G. Y. Zhang, Smoothed Point Interpolation Methods, page 184
  3. Without constriction or strictures.
    • astrictive gripping
    • Beside, it is not likely that the law meant there should be such a narrow search and examination in this case, being a law astrictive and preceptive.1878, Nicholas Harpsfield, Nicholas Pocock, A Treatise on the Pretended Divorce Between Henry VIII. and Catharine of Aragon, page 155
  4. Lacking striae.
    • Hustedt also described these types. Both ends are slightly astrictive.1963, “Variations on some pennate diatoms from Antarctica”, in JARE Scientific Reports, page 22

Noun

astrictive (plural astrictives)

  1. An astringent.

Examples of astrictive in a sentence

  • As the name implies, astrictive grippers have the property of providing a continuous holding force without the application of compressive stress.2007, Gareth J. Monkman, Stefan Hesse, Ralf Steinmann, Robot Grippers, page 169:
  • The astrictive gripping is another major technique used in garment handling and is complementary to the impactive gripping technique.2012, Marco Ceccarelli, Service Robots and Robotics: Design and Application:
  • A binding force produced by a field is astrictive.2013, Carola Zwicker and Gunther Reinhart, “Human-Robot-Collaboration System for a Universal Packaging Cell for Heavy Electronic Consumer...

Forms of astrictive

Adjective
comparativemore astrictive
superlativemost astrictive
Noun
pluralastrictives

Questions about astrictive

What does astrictive mean?
Astrictive means binding; astringent.
How do you use astrictive in a sentence?
As the name implies, astrictive grippers have the property of providing a continuous holding force without the application of compressive stress.
What part of speech is astrictive?
Astrictive can be an adjective or a noun.

Words near astrictive in the dictionary

  1. astrict
  2. astricted
  3. astricting
  4. astriction
  5. astrictions
  6. astrictive
  7. astrictives
  8. astricts
  9. Astrid
  10. astride
  11. Astridge

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