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thermoretractable

thermoretractable adjective: that contracts when heated.

Adjective

thermoretractable (comparative more thermoretractable, superlative most thermoretractable)

  1. That contracts when heated
    • GPS-dataloggers were covered with a protective thermoretractable case.2015 December 22, “Why Do Kestrels Soar?”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI

Forms of thermoretractable

comparativemore thermoretractable
superlativemost thermoretractable

Origin of thermoretractable

From thermo- + retractable.

Questions about thermoretractable

What does thermoretractable mean?
Thermoretractable means that contracts when heated.
What part of speech is thermoretractable?
Thermoretractable is an adjective.

Words near thermoretractable in the dictionary

  1. thermoresistor
  2. thermoresistors
  3. thermoresponsive
  4. thermoresponsiveness
  5. thermoresponsivity
  6. thermoretractable
  7. thermoreversibility
  8. thermoreversible
  9. thermorheological
  10. thermorheologically
  11. thermorheology

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