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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