Usually means: Can be continuously shrunk to point.
Definitions Related words Phrases Mentions History
We found 21 dictionaries that define the word contractible:

General (13 matching dictionaries)
  1. contractible: Merriam-Webster
  2. contractible: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. contractible: Collins English Dictionary
  4. contractible: Wordnik
  5. contractible: Wiktionary
  6. Contractible, contractible: Dictionary.com
  7. Contractible: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  8. Contractible: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  9. contractible: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  10. Contractible: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  11. contractible: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  12. contractible: FreeDictionary.org
  13. Contractible: TheFreeDictionary.com

Business (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. contractible: Legal dictionary
  2. contractible: Financial dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. contractible: Encyclopedia

Medicine (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. contractible: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. contractible: Medical dictionary

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
  1. contractible: Idioms

Science (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. Contractible: Eric Weisstein's World of Mathematics
  2. contractible: PlanetMath Encyclopedia

(Note: See contract as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (contractible)

adjective:  Capable of contraction
adjective:  (mathematics) (of a topological set) Able to be reduced to one of its points by a continuous deformation

Similar:

Opposite:

Types:

Phrases:

Words similar to contractible

Usage examples for contractible

Idioms related to contractible

Wikipedia articles (New!)

Popular nouns described by contractible

Words that often appear near contractible

Rhymes of contractible

Invented words related to contractible

Similar:

Opposite:

Types:

Phrases:



Writing poetry or lyrics? You can find related words that match a given meter.
This feature is permanently available from the "Related words" tab and from the Thesaurus.





Home   Reverse Dictionary / Thesaurus   Datamuse   Word games   Spruce   Feedback   Dark mode   Random word   Help


Color thesaurus

Use OneLook to find colors for words and words for colors

See an example

Literary notes

Use OneLook to learn how words are used by great writers

See an example

Word games

Try our innovative vocabulary games

Play Now

Read the latest OneLook newsletter issue: Threepeat Redux