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Contractile vs Contractible - What's the difference?

contractile | contractible |

As adjectives the difference between contractile and contractible

is that contractile is capable of contracting, or of being contracted while contractible is capable of contraction.

contractile

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Capable of contracting, or of being contracted.

    • Derived terms

    * contractile ring * contractile vacuole

    contractible

    English

    Adjective

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

    • Antonyms

    * incontractible * noncontractible * uncontractible

    Related terms

    * contractable