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

Derived terms

• noncontractibility

 

References

• “contractibility”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.