contractible

English

Etymology

From contract +‎ -ible.

Adjective

contractible (comparative more contractible, superlative most contractible)

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

Antonyms

• incontractible
• noncontractible
• uncontractible

Derived terms

• contractibleness
• weakly contractible

 

Related terms

• contractable

Translations

capable of contraction

• Bulgarian: свиваем (svivaem)
• Italian: contrattile, contraibile
• Manx: so-chraplagh