contractibility

English

Noun

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

References
  • contractibility in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
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