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PRONUNCIATION OF RETRACTIVE

retractive  [rɪˈtræktɪv] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF RETRACTIVE

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Retractive is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES RETRACTIVE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of retractive in the English dictionary

The definition of retractive in the dictionary is able to be retracted.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH RETRACTIVE


abstractive
æbˈstræktɪv
active
ˈæktɪv
attractive
əˈtræktɪv
contractive
kənˈtræktɪv
detractive
dɪˈtræktɪv
diffractive
dɪˈfræktɪv
distractive
dɪsˈtræktɪv
extractive
ɪkˈstræktɪv
inactive
ɪnˈæktɪv
interactive
ˌɪntərˈæktɪv
overactive
ˌəʊvərˈæktɪv
photorefractive
ˌfəʊtəʊrɪˈfræktɪv
proactive
prəʊˈæktɪv
protractive
prəˈtræktɪv
radioactive
ˌreɪdɪəʊˈæktɪv
reactive
rɪˈæktɪv
refractive
rɪˈfræktɪv
subtractive
səbˈtræktɪv
tractive
ˈtræktɪv
unattractive
ˌʌnəˈtræktɪv

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE RETRACTIVE

retrace
retraceable
retracement
retracer
retrack
retract
retractability
retractable
retractation
retractibility
retractible
retractile
retractility
retraction
retractively
retractor
retrain
retrainable
retrainee
retraining

WORDS THAT END LIKE RETRACTIVE

addictive
alternative
collective
constrictive
cost-effective
defective
destructive
detective
directive
distinctive
effective
objective
perspective
productive
prospective
protective
reflective
reproductive
respective
selective
subjective

Synonyms and antonyms of retractive in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «retractive» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF RETRACTIVE

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

Translator English - Chinese

回缩
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

retractiva
570 millions of speakers

English

retractive
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

retractive
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

retractive
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

самовозвратный
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

refração
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

সঙ্কোচনীয়
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

rétraction
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Retractive
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Rückstell
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

収縮
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

수축성
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Retractive
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

rút lại
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

உள்ளுக்கு இழுத்துக்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

मागे घेता येणारा
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

büzücü
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

retrattile
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

retractive
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

самозворотними
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

retractive
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

συστολής
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

retraktflra
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

återfjädrande
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

retractive
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of retractive

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «RETRACTIVE»

The term «retractive» is normally little used and occupies the 133.664 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «RETRACTIVE» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «retractive» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «retractive» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

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

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «RETRACTIVE»

Discover the use of retractive in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to retractive and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Handbook of Applied Polymer Processing Technology
If draw polymer is annealed with fixed ends, TTMs in it try to return from their extended state to the initial relaxed state before being drawn; this exerts entropic retractive forces to the microfibrils. Consequently, the sample has a bulk retractive ...
Nicholas P. Cheremisinoff, Paul N. Cheremisinoff, 1996
2
Gazette Du Bureau Des Brevets, Droits D'auteur Et Marques de ...
In a pole changer for transferring direct constant currents of electricity into alternatin and pulsating currents of positive and negative quality, the combination with a regular source of direct electric current, a pair of intermediate resilient retractive ...
‎1908
3
Physiology
Alveolar septa, which provide some of the retractive force in the lungs, are destroyed in both conditions, but emphysema causes a much more extensive loss of septa than the normal aging process. b. In emphysema, there is a marked increase ...
John Bullock, Joseph Boyle, Michael B. Wang, 2001
4
Official Gazette of the United States Patent Office
A printing mechanism of the kind by which successive pieces of paper are moved forward and pressed upon type, in combination with an inked fabric interposed between the pressure parts of said mechanism, an automatic spring-retractive ...
‎1912
5
Averroes' Middle Commentaries on Aristotle's "Categories" ...
The reason for the negative simple impossible proposition to imply the affirmative of the retractive necessary proposition and for the negative of the retractive possible to imply the affirmative of the simple necessary proposition is that the ...
Averroes, 2014
6
Medical-surgical Nursing Made Incredibly Easy!
... localizing in the right lower abdomen (McBur- ney's point) (see Eliciting McBumey's sign) • anorexia • nausea and vomiting • boardlike abdominal rigidity • retractive respirations • increasingly severe abdominal spasms and rebound spasms.
‎2008
7
Benumof and Hagberg's Airway Management
During expiration, alveolar pressure rises and exceeds the tissue retractive forces, thus decreasing the intrathoracic airway diameter. In this case, the extrathoracic intraluminal pressure rises above the atmospheric pressure, and the upper ...
Carin A. Hagberg, 2012
8
Benumof's Airway Management
This increases the elastic retractive forces of the connective tissue and opens the intrathoracic airways. However, extrathoracic intraluminal pressure decreases relative to atmospheric pressure, with the result that the diameter of the upper ...
Carin A. Hagberg, 2007
9
Natural Dualities for the Working Algebraist
(17) Retractive projection Given an m-ary relation r and n ^ m, let p: r -> M" be the projection ..,cn, cn+i,. . . ,cm) = (ci, . . . ,cn). We call s = p(r) a retractive projection of r if p: r - > s is a retraction, that is, there exists a homomorphism q: s -> r such ...
David M. Clark, Brian A. Davey, 1998
10
40 CFR Protection of Environment: CFR parts 400-424
... if the retractor is sensitive to vehicle acceleration, when the retractor is rotated in any direction to any angle of 15° or less from its orientation in the vehicle; (iv) Shall exert a retractive force of at least 3 N under zero acceleration when attached ...
Office of The Federal Register, 2013

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «RETRACTIVE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term retractive is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Sanford Health Plans to Expand Research in Future
"Imaginetics, Edith Breast Cancer, retractive medicine; the research that has come to the Bismarck and western North Dakota marketplace really have been ... «KFYR-TV, Jun 15»
2
Ethiopia: 'Don't Bury Corneas. Do Not Take Life to the Grave. Donate …
... to the study that was conducted in 2006, the leading causes of blindness are cataract, trachoma, glaucoma, corneal blindness, and retractive error as well. «AllAfrica.com, Jun 15»
3
אורתודנטיה: יישור שיניים לילדים
השיטה הראשונה נקראת Retractive Technique: שיטה אשר מקובלת על רוב האורתודונטים בעולם. בסביבות גיל 12-14 מתחילים את הטיפול עם גשר קבוע (קוביות/סמכים אורתודונטים). «דוקטורס, Jan 15»
4
Ch@t : Je somatise...
J'ai une capsulite retractive de l'épaule depuis 18 mois, pensez-vous que ce soit somatique ? Je n'ai pas fait de chute ni d'accident, c'est apparu soudainement ... «allodocteurs, May 14»
5
Run for the Son to benefit Christian Motorcyclists Association
The Open Doors mission works to get Bibles and Christian support to Christians in oppressive and retractive countries. The JESUS Film Project has introduced, ... «The River Cities Sunday Tribune, Apr 14»
6
The attorney enviros hate to see at the Supreme Court
EPA's retractive veto of a Clean Water Act permit for a major mountaintop coal mine in West Virginia is a prime example, he said, and the company holding the ... «Environment & Energy Publishing, Feb 14»
7
Mob justice beat two robbers to death
Mr Kajoba said police have recovered one retractive butt and an AK 47 assault rifle bearing an unknown serial number believed to have been written in Arabic ... «Lusaka Times, Jan 14»
8
Report: Pantani, Ullrich, among 1998 Tour positives
Last month, Frenchman Laurent Jalabert was alleged to have been one of those implicated through comparison of retractive testing results from 2004 and a list ... «velonews.competitor.com, Jul 13»
9
Why wearable tech needs fashion to survive and to thrive
"There's a retractive trend, from people celebrating and overexposing themselves to people withdrawing and making their presence harder to access," says ... «Wired.co.uk, May 13»
10
Sonoco makes crush tester for high-speed films
The process of high-speed winding of film — especially stretch and shrink film — can build up a huge amount of radial and retractive forces, Rhodes said. «Plastics News, Apr 13»

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« EDUCALINGO. Retractive [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/retractive>. Apr 2024 ».
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