contractibility

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Noun[edit]

contractibility (countable and uncountable, plural contractibilities)

  1. The quality or degree of being contractible.
    • 1712, John Arbuthnot, An Essay Concerning the Effects of Air on Human Bodies:
      contractibility and dilatability of air

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