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Contractivity vs Contractility - What's the difference?

contractivity | contractility |

As nouns the difference between contractivity and contractility

is that contractivity is (uncountable) the condition of being contractive while contractility is the condition of being able to contract or shrink (used especially of muscles).

contractivity

English

Noun

  • (uncountable) The condition of being contractive
  • (countable) The extent to which something is contractive

    • contractility

    English

    Noun

    (wikipedia contractility) (contractilities)
  • The condition of being able to contract or shrink (used especially of muscles)
  • The extent to which something contracts or shrinks
  • A term used in physiology to describe the performance of cardiac muscle

    • Related terms

    * contractile