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contractible, a.|kənˈtræktɪb(ə)l|
Also 7 -able.
[f. L. type *contractibilis, f. contract- ppl. stem of contrahĕre: see -ble.]
Capable of contracting or drawing together; contractile.
1651H. More in Enthus. Triumph. (1656) 266 A spirituall substance..dilatable and contractible. 1678Cudworth Intell. Syst. i. v. 833 Which Outward Extension, is..not to be Accounted Body because Penetrable, Contractable, and Dilatable. 1852–9Todd Cycl. Anat. IV. 1058/1 Their quick contractible power. 1872Mivart Elem. Anat. §6 The heart is rhythmically contractible.
Hence conˈtractibleness, conˌtractiˈbility.
1730–6Bailey (folio), Contractibleness, capableness of being contracted. a1735Arbuthnot (J.), By this continual contractibility and dilatability by different degrees of heat. 1873W. Lees Acoustics iii. i. 83 The greater expansibility or contractibility of brass than iron. |