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contractibility

contractibility noun: the quality or degree of being contractible.

Noun

contractibility (countable and uncountable, plural contractibilities)

  1. The quality or degree of being contractible.
    • contractibility and dilatability of air1712, John Arbuthnot, An Essay Concerning the Effects of Air on Human Bodies

Forms of contractibility

pluralcontractibilities

Words formed from contractibility

Questions about contractibility

What does contractibility mean?
Contractibility means the quality or degree of being contractible.
What part of speech is contractibility?
Contractibility is a noun.
What is the plural of contractibility?
The plural of contractibility is contractibilities.

Words near contractibility in the dictionary

  1. contracter
  2. contracters
  3. contractest
  4. contracteth
  5. contractibilities
  6. contractibility
  7. contractible
  8. contractibleness
  9. contractibly
  10. contractile
  11. contractile vacuole

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