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CONTRACTIBLE
Etymology
Adjective
contractible (comparative more contractible, superlative most contractible)
Capable of contraction
(mathematics) (of a topological set) Able to be reduced to one of its points by a continuous deformation
Antonyms
• incontractible
• noncontractible
• uncontractible
Source: Wiktionary
Con*tract"i*ble, a.
Definition: Capable of contraction. Small air bladders distable and contractible. Arbuthnot.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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