contractible
Able to compress
Contractible describes something capable of being contracted—either physically shrunk or legally agreed upon.
A contractible muscle can tighten; a contractible obligation can be formalized through agreement.
In mathematics, a contractible space can be continuously shrunk to a point.
The word appears most often in technical contexts: The bladder is a contractible organ.
Capable of being condensed
- squeezableAble to be compressed
- shrinkableAble to reduce in size
- collapsibleAble to compress compactly
- deflatableCapable of losing air
foldable · telescopic · reducible · condensable · retractable · elastic · springy · expandable
Transmissible between people
- transmissibleAble to spread between individuals
- infectiousAble to spread disease
- communicableCapable of being spread
- spreadableAble to be spread
catchable · pathogenic · epidemic · virulent · contagion · transmission · outbreak · infection
Capable of being nullified
- enforceableAble to be upheld
- bindingLegally or morally required
- negotiableOpen to agreement
- terminableAble to be ended
rescindable · cancellable · revocable · amendable · breachable · dissoluble · annullable · modifiable
Smallest meaningful language unit
- suffixWord-ending addition
- prefixRoot-modifying front element
- elisionDropped sounds in speech
- apostropheMark showing ownership
clitic · shortening · syncope · reduction · auxiliary · negation · affix · truncation
compressible
Capable of being condensed
- squeezableAble to be compressed
- shrinkableAble to reduce in size
- collapsibleAble to compress compactly
deflatable · foldable · telescopic · reducible · condensable · retractable · elastic · springy · expandable · resilient
contagious
Transmissible between people
- transmissibleAble to spread between individuals
- infectiousAble to spread disease
- communicableCapable of being spread
spreadable · catchable · pathogenic · epidemic · virulent · contagion · transmission · outbreak · infection
voidable
Capable of being nullified
- enforceableAble to be upheld
- bindingLegally or morally required
- negotiableOpen to agreement
terminable · rescindable · cancellable · revocable · amendable · breachable · dissoluble · annullable · modifiable · valid
morpheme
Smallest meaningful language unit
apostrophe · clitic · shortening · syncope · reduction · auxiliary · negation · affix · truncation · blending
- packablecollapsible, foldable, packable, compressible, rollable
- vector spacesvector, basis, dimension, subspace, eigenvector
contractiblerigid
Unable to bend
incompressible · inflexible · fixed · inelastic · unyielding
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