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Webster 1913 Edition


Contractible

Con-tract′i-ble

,
Adj.
Capable of contraction.
Small air bladders distable and
contractible
.
Arbuthnot.

Webster 1828 Edition


Contractible

CONTRACTIBLE

,
Adj.
Capable of contraction.
Small air bladders, dilatable and contractible.

Definition 2024


contractible

contractible

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contractible (comparative more contractible, superlative most contractible)

  1. Capable of contraction
  2. (mathematics) (of a topological set) Able to be reduced to one of its points by a continuous deformation

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