"contractible" meaning in All languages combined

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Adjective [English]

Forms: more contractible [comparative], most contractible [superlative]
Etymology: From contract + -ible. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|contract|ible}} contract + -ible Head templates: {{en-adj}} contractible (comparative more contractible, superlative most contractible)
  1. Capable of contraction Translations (capable of contraction): свиваем (svivaem) (Bulgarian), contrattile (Italian), contraibile (Italian), so-chraplagh (Manx)
    Sense id: en-contractible-en-adj-IKDkFQkn Disambiguation of 'capable of contraction': 98 2
  2. (mathematics) (of a topological set) Able to be reduced to one of its points by a continuous deformation Categories (topical): Mathematics
    Sense id: en-contractible-en-adj-pKDs9LDs Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ible, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Manx translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 25 75 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ible: 9 91 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 9 91 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 9 91 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 5 95 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 15 85 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 5 95 Disambiguation of Terms with Manx translations: 14 86 Topics: mathematics, sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: contractibleness, weakly contractible Related terms: contractable
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    },
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    },
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      "_dis1": "0 0",
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        "Capable of contraction"
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          "_dis1": "98 2",
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          "word": "свиваем"
        },
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          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "code": "it",
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          "sense": "capable of contraction",
          "word": "contrattile"
        },
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        "(of a topological set) Able to be reduced to one of its points by a continuous deformation"
      ],
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        "(mathematics) (of a topological set) Able to be reduced to one of its points by a continuous deformation"
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      "word": "incontractible"
    },
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      "word": "noncontractible"
    },
    {
      "word": "uncontractible"
    }
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      "word": "contractibleness"
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  "etymology_text": "From contract + -ible.",
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    },
    {
      "form": "most contractible",
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        "superlative"
      ]
    }
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        "Capable of contraction"
      ],
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        "(of a topological set) Able to be reduced to one of its points by a continuous deformation"
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      "sense": "capable of contraction",
      "word": "свиваем"
    },
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      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "capable of contraction",
      "word": "contrattile"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "capable of contraction",
      "word": "contraibile"
    },
    {
      "code": "gv",
      "lang": "Manx",
      "sense": "capable of contraction",
      "word": "so-chraplagh"
    }
  ],
  "word": "contractible"
}

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