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Webster 1913 Edition

Contractile

Con-tract′ile

,
Adj.
[Cf. F.
contractile
.]
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
(Zool.)
,
a pulsating cavity in the interior of a protozoan, supposed to be excretory in function. There may be one, two, or more.

Webster 1828 Edition

Contractile

CONTRACTILE

,
Adj.
Tending to contract; having the power of shortening or of drawing into smaller dimensions; as the contractile force of certain elastic bodies.

Definition 2024

contractile

contractile

English

Adjective

contractile ‎(comparative more contractile, superlative most contractile)

  1. Capable of contracting, or of being contracted.

Derived terms

French

Etymology

contracter +‎ -ile

Adjective

contractile m, f ‎(plural contractiles)

  1. contractile

Etymology

From French contractile.

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