contractible

contractible

English

Etymology

Etymology tree
English contract
Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr
Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom
Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlis
Proto-Italic *-ðlis
Latin -bilis
Latin -ibilis
Old French -ibleder.
Middle English -ible
English -ible
English contractible

    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

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