CONTRACTILE

contractile

(adjective) capable of contracting or being contracted; “the contractile wings of an insect”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

Etymology

Adjective

contractile (comparative more contractile, superlative most contractile)

Capable of contracting, or of being contracted.

Source: Wiktionary

Con*tract"ile, a. Etym: [Cf. F. contractile.]

Definition: tending to contract; having the power or property of contracting, or of shrinking into shorter or smaller dimensions; as, the contractile tissues. The heart's contractile force. H. Brooke. Each cilium seems to be composed of contractile substance. Hixley. Contractile vacuole (Zoöl.), a pulsating cavity in the interior of a protozoan, supposed to be excretory in function. There may be one, two, or more.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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