- 1. n. The quality or property by which bodies shrink or contract. Source: opted
- 2. n. The power possessed by the fibers of living muscle of contracting or shortening. Source: opted
- 3. n. the capability or quality of shrinking or contracting, especially by muscle fibers and even some other forms of living matter Source: wordnet
- 4. 1. The quality or property by which bodies shrink or contract. 2. (Physiol.) The power possessed by the fibers of living muscle of contracting or shortening. Note: When subject to the will, as in the muscles of locomotion, such power is called voluntary contractility; when not controlled by the will, as in the muscles of the heart, it is involuntary contractility. Source: webster
- 5. The power possessed by the fibers of living muscle ofcontracting or shortening. Source: adambom
- 6. n:100 n. the capability or quality of shrinking or contracting, especially by muscle fibers and even some other forms of living matter Source: ecdict
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