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contractible

contractible adjective: capable of contraction.

Adjective

contractible (comparative more contractible, superlative most contractible)

  1. Capable of contraction
  2. (of a topological set) Able to be reduced to one of its points by a continuous deformation

Antonyms of contractible

Forms of contractible

comparativemore contractible
superlativemost contractible

Origin of contractible

From contract + -ible.

Words formed from contractible

Questions about contractible

What does contractible mean?
Contractible means capable of contraction.
What part of speech is contractible?
Contractible is an adjective.

Words near contractible in the dictionary

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

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