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Meaning of "contractibility" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF CONTRACTIBILITY

contractibility  [kənˌtræktəˈbɪlɪtɪ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF CONTRACTIBILITY

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Contractibility is an adverb.
The adverb is an invariable part of the sentence that can change, explain or simplify a verb or another adverb.

WHAT DOES CONTRACTIBILITY MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of contractibility in the English dictionary

The definition of contractibility in the dictionary is contractility.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH CONTRACTIBILITY


ability
əˈbɪlɪtɪ
accessibility
əkˌsɛsɪˈbɪlɪtɪ
accountability
əˌkaʊntəˈbɪlɪtɪ
availability
əˌveɪləˈbɪlɪtɪ
capability
ˌkeɪpəˈbɪlɪtɪ
compatibility
kəmˌpætɪˈbɪlɪtɪ
disability
ˌdɪsəˈbɪlɪtɪ
durability
ˌdjʊərəˈbɪlɪtɪ
eligibility
ˌɛlɪdʒɪˈbɪlɪtɪ
flexibility
ˌflɛksɪˈbɪlɪtɪ
inability
ˌɪnəˈbɪlɪtɪ
liability
ˌlaɪəˈbɪlɪtɪ
mobility
məʊˈbɪlɪtɪ
nobility
nəʊˈbɪlɪtɪ
possibility
ˌpɒsɪˈbɪlɪtɪ
probability
ˌprɒbəˈbɪlɪtɪ
reliability
rɪˌlaɪəˈbɪlɪtɪ
responsibility
rɪˌspɒnsəˈbɪlɪtɪ
stability
stəˈbɪlɪtɪ
visibility
ˌvɪzɪˈbɪlɪtɪ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE CONTRACTIBILITY

contract law
contract of employment
contract of service
contract out
contract price
contract work
contractability
contractable
contractedly
contractedness
contractible
contractibly
contractile
contractility
contracting party
contraction
contractional
contractionary
contractive
contractively

WORDS THAT END LIKE CONTRACTIBILITY

agility
credibility
facility
feasibility
fertility
functionality
hostility
humility
inevitability
instability
merchantability
profitability
suitability
susceptibility
sustainability
tranquility
usability
utility
variability
versatility
vulnerability

Synonyms and antonyms of contractibility in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «contractibility» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF CONTRACTIBILITY

Find out the translation of contractibility to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of contractibility from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «contractibility» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

收缩
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

contractilidad
570 millions of speakers

English

contractibility
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

संकुचनशीलता
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

contractibility
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

стягиваемость
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

contratilidade
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

contractibility
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

contractilité
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Berkontrak
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Kontraktions
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

収縮性
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

수축성
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Kontrasepsi
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

contractibility
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

சுருக்கம்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

करारयोग्यता
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

kasılabilmeleridir
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

contractibility
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

kurczliwość
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

стягіваемость
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

Contractibilitatea
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

contractibility
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

saamtrekbaarheid
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

sammandragnings
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

sammentrekkbarhet
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of contractibility

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «CONTRACTIBILITY»

The term «contractibility» is normally little used and occupies the 137.495 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «CONTRACTIBILITY» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about contractibility

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «CONTRACTIBILITY»

Discover the use of contractibility in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to contractibility and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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SOFSEM 2010: Theory and Practice of Computer Science: 36th ...
What is the smallest graph H that contains a dominating vertex for which H- Contractibility is NP-complete? The smallest graph known so far is the graph K1 ̄H, where ̄H is the graph on 68 vertices depicted in Figure 2. By Observation 2, we ...
Jan van Leeuwen, Anca Muscholl, David Peleg, 2010
2
Subgroup Complexes
This chapter develops some fundamental techniques for establishing contractibility, within our context of subgroups posets and complexes. (Typically we will use such contractibility proofs as an initial step toward establishing further properties ...
Stephen D. Smith, 2011
3
Parameterized and Exact Computation: 6th International ...
This research was started by Watanabe, Ae and Nakamura who showed that H- CONTRACTIBILITY is N P-complete whenever H is finitely characterizable by 3- connected graphs. Their result was generalized by Asano and Hirata who showed ...
Dániel Marx, Peter Rossmanith, 2012
4
Handbook of Social Choice and Welfare
Contractibility and existence results We now wish to ask what kind of meaningful restrictions on individual preferences and profiles of individual preferences can be identified such that for any finite number of voters a social choice rule iP exists .
Kenneth Joseph Arrow, Amartya Sen, Kōtarō Suzumura
5
Physiological researches upon life and death
This muscle enters into action, in the first place, by the influence of the nerves which it receives from the brain: this is animal contractibility; 2ndly, by the excitement of a chymical or physical agent applied to it, which excitement artificially ...
Xavier Bichat, 1809
6
Graph-Theoretic Concepts in Computer Science: 29th ...
(Robertson & Seymour [3]) For any fixed integer a ≥ 1, contractibility to the complete graph Ka can be decided in polynomial time. Proof. A trivial consequence of Proposition 1, since Ka-MINOR CONTAINMENT and Ka– CONTRACTIBILITY are ...
H. L. Bodlaender, 2003
7
Maintenance Contracting
Robert Brian Newman, Jeffrey E. Garmong. Figure 2. District contractibility summary — Texas. STATE DEPARTMENT Of HIGHWAYS AND PUBLIC TRANSP0R1 AT I ON. to contract for at least 10 percent of most activities to obtain comparative ...
Robert Brian Newman, Jeffrey E. Garmong, 1991
8
The Organization of Firms in a Global Economy
We allow the degree of contractibility to vary across inputs and countries.8 As in Antr`as and Helpman (2004), we describe equilibria in which firms with different productivity levels choose different ownership structures and supplier locations.
Elhanan HELPMAN, Dalia Marin, Thierry Verdier, 2009
9
Dynamic Preferences, Choice Mechanisms, and Welfare
It appears rather surprising that, despite its different definitions, three of the sophisticated choice mechanisms exhibit identical conditions for contractibility. What is even more remarkable, the conditions are identical to those of naive choice.
Ludwig von Auer, 1998
10
Hyperspaces: Fundamentals and Recent Advances
More on Contractible Hyperspaces Contractibility vs. Smoothness in Hyperspaces As it was noted in Exercise 25.35, arc-smooth continua are contractible. We start this chapter by introducing a weaker version of arc- smoothness which is ...
Alejandro Illanes, Sam Nadler, 1999

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «CONTRACTIBILITY»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term contractibility is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Glaucoma: treatment of open angle glaucoma and ocular hypertension
Prostaglandin analogues can theoretically increase uterine contractibility in pregnancy, and should be discontinued if the patient shows any ... «The Pharmaceutical Journal, May 15»
2
Researchers cultivate fully functional cardiac tissues from cobweb …
During the experiment, the researchers monitored the growth of the cells and tested their contractibility and the ability to conduct electric ... «News-Medical.net, Apr 15»
3
The Viveve System Offers Better Alternative To Treat Vaginal Laxity
... or a feeling of looseness, is a result of the introitus (i.e. - vaginal opening) collagen tissue losing some of their resilience and contractibility. «Seeking Alpha, Nov 14»
4
Scientists Put Living Human Tissue on Silicon Chip
"In the case of a heart, it would be representing the heart muscles and be able to show contractibility and regular beating of the heart muscles.". «Voice of America, Oct 14»
5
If You Can Contract it, You Can Build it.
Body building poses force the muscle neural connection and this allows the muscle to develop proper contractibility. So, when the body builder ... «Seacoastonline.com, Aug 14»
6
Key protein in childbirth contractions identified
As this was a cross-sectional study, it can only assess the activity and muscle contractibility at one point in time. It cannot prove that the gene ... «NHS Choices, Jun 14»
7
Cash flow issues impact deepwater drilling rig day rates
... assets, Seadrill says, with new requirements post-Macondo and the focus on increased water depth areas limiting contractibility of these rigs. «Offshore Oil and Gas Magazine, May 14»
8
Seadrill's (SDRL) CEO Per Wullf On Q1 2014 Results - Earnings …
The oil companies' new requirements after Macondo and the focus on the increased water depth areas has really limited the contractibility of ... «Seeking Alpha, May 14»
9
Oil rig contractors accept lower rates as offshore drill activity drops
“The oil companies' new requirements after Macondo and the focus on increased water depth areas have significantly limited the contractibility ... «Proactive Investors Australia, May 14»
10
As temperatures rise pregnant women risk early term delivery
Certain small scale studies have shown that heat-induced stress increases the contractibility of uterus during the period of pregnancy when ... «Onlymyhealth, Apr 14»

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