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What is the adjective for contractibility?

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Included below are past participle and present participle forms for the verbs contract, contractualise and contractualize which may be used as adjectives within certain contexts.

contracted

(not comparable) Arranged by contract; established by agreement.
Made smaller by contraction.
Incurred; acquired.
Synonyms:

contractible

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

“A container having a contractible body for storing a liquid is provided.”

“Alaska Native tribes had taken over all contractible functions from IHS because it was considered substandard.”

“The upper panel further comprises a contractible tensible member to hold the cover to the vessel adjacent the neck portion of the vessel.”

contractualistic

Based on a contract
Relating to the theories of contractualism

contract

(obsolete) Contracted; affianced; betrothed.
(obsolete) Not abstract; concrete.

contractile

Capable of contracting, or of being contracted.
Synonyms:

astringent, contracting, contractive, constricting, styptic, shrinkage-inducing

Examples:

“A similar pattern of contractile and relaxant responses was seen in the pulmonary veins.”

“Smooth muscle fibers usually contract slowly but are capable of sustained contractile activity.”

“The contractile activity in the distal esophagus was normal with propagating contractions of appropriate amplitude and duration.”

contractive

Able to contract; contractile
Synonyms:

compressive, constrictive, binding, compacting, cramping, crushing, packing, pressing, squashing, squeezing, astringent, contractile, contracting, constricting, styptic, shrinkage-inducing … more

Examples:

“Like the previous budgets of the past seven years, the spending plan is austere and is even likely to have a contractive effect on the economy.”

“We began by having a heated discussion on the use of apostrophes and whether the contractive use and the possessive use can be combined.”

“Scarcity and abundance of resources are contractive and expansive of life's possibilities and probabilities.”

contractured

(medicine) deformed by contracture

contractable

Capable of being contracted (in various senses).
Examples:

“Your destination may carry a risk of a contractable disease such as malaria, typhoid, cholera or even rabies.”

“I highly doubt this is a contractable disease you are dealing with.”

“They are compact sets, similar to those that are contractable, and behave homotropically much like points.”

contractarian

Relating to contractarianism

contractural

(pathology) Of or pertaining to contractures.

contractional

of or related to contraction
Examples:

“The whaleback upward-facing folds of Domain 2 are consistent with a dominantly subhorizontal NW-SE contractional strain.”

“The earthquake was generated by contractional deformation along the Léogâne fault, a small hidden thrust fault discovered underneath the city of Léogâne.”

“In a similar way the substrate has a surface 'free' energy level, the 'attractional force', which tries to overcome the contractional force of the liquid.”

contractualized

Bound by a contract.

contractual

Of or pertaining to a contract.
Synonyms:

pledged, predetermined, prescribed, promised, votive, vowed

Examples:

“Too many franchisors are able to abuse their market power and contractual obligations without any effective sanction under the current law.”

“The dispute was not validly referred for adjudication under the contractual provisions.”

“The fact that the employee is dismissed while in receipt of his contractual sick pay does not make the termination automatically unfair.”

contractionless

(logic) Without contractions.

contracting

contractless

Without a contract.

contractionary

Tending to cause contraction.
Examples:

“New borrowing finances additional spending, but it also contributes to a buildup of debts and debt-service obligations that are contractionary.”

“That pace may well be healthy enough to offset the contractionary forces of the tech downturn, falling exports, and rising layoffs.”

“The shift in fiscal stance should have imparted a contractionary bias to the economy, yet over the last four years the economy has prospered.”

contractualised

simple past tense and past participle of contractualise

contractualising

present participle of contractualise

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