Contractibility

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. Capability of being contracted; the property of admitting of contraction: as, the contractibility and dilatability of air.
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  • noun. Capability of being contracted; quality of being contractible.
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  • noun. The quality or degree of being contractible.
    • Word Usage
    "Rough and repulsive in appearance, and sluggish in habit, it has great power of contractibility."
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