| ADJECTIVE | all | contractile | capable of contracting or being contracted |
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| Meaning | capable of contracting or being contracted. | |
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| Example | "the contractile wings of an insect" | |
| Broader | contracted | Reduced in size or pulled together |
| Spanish | contráctil | |
| Catalan | contràctil | |
| Nouns | contractility | the capability or quality of shrinking or contracting, especially by muscle fibers and even some other forms of living matter |
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