contractible

English

Etymology

contract +‎ -ible

Adjective

contractible (comparative more contractible, superlative most contractible)

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

Antonyms

incontractible
noncontractible
uncontractible

Related terms

contractable

Translations

capable of contraction

Italian: contrattile, contraibile

Manx: so-chraplagh

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