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contractibleadjective
Capable of contraction
contractibleadjective
(of a topological set) Able to be reduced to one of its points by a continuous deformation
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
Contractibleadjective
Capable of contraction.
Etymology: from contract.
Small air-bladders, dilatable and contractible, are capable to be inflated by the admission of air, and to subside at the expulsion of it. John Arbuthnot, on Aliments.
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contractible
In mathematics, a topological space X is contractible if the identity map on X is null-homotopic, i.e. if it is homotopic to some constant map. Intuitively, a contractible space is one that can be continuously shrunk to a point within that space.
Webster Dictionary
Contractibleadjective
capable of contraction
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of contractible in Chaldean Numerology is: 4
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of contractible in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5
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