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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

CONTRACTIBLE

a.Capable of contraction. Small air bladders, dilatable and contractible.

CONTRACTIBLENESS

n.The quality of suffering contraction; contractibility.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

CONTRACTIBLE

CONTRACTIBLE Con *tract "i *ble, a.

Defn: Capable of contraction. Small air bladders distable and contractible. Arbuthnot.

CONTRACTIBLENESS

CONTRACTIBLENESS Con *tract "i *ble *ness, n.

Defn: Contractibility.

New American Oxford Dictionary

contractible

con tract i ble |kənˈtraktəbəl kənˈtræktəbəl | ▶adjective able to be shrunk or capable of contracting.

Oxford Dictionary

contractible

con |tract |ible |kənˈtraktɪb (ə )l | ▶adjective able to be shrunk or capable of contracting.