contractibility
English
Noun
contractibility (countable and uncountable, plural contractibilities)
- 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
- 1712, John Arbuthnot, An Essay Concerning the Effects of Air on Human Bodies
References
- “contractibility”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
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