English-Thai Dictionary

contractile

ADJ ที่ หดตัว ได้  ti-hod-tua-dai

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

CONTRACTILE

a.Tending to contract; having the power of shortening or of drawing into smaller dimensions; as the contractile force of certain elastic bodies.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

CONTRACTILE

Con *tract "ile, a. Etym: [Cf. F. contractile. ]

 

Defn: tending to contract; having the power or property of contracting, or of shrinking into shorter or smaller dimensions; as, the contractile tissues. The heart's contractile force. H. Brooke.Each cilium seems to be composed of contractile substance. Hixley. Contractile vacuole (Zoöl.), a pulsating cavity in the interior of a protozoan, supposed to be excretory in function. There may be one, two, or more.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

contractile

con trac tile |kənˈtraktəl, -ˌtīl kənˈtræktaɪl | ▶adjective Biology & Physiology capable of or producing contraction: the contractile activity of the human colon. DERIVATIVES con trac til i ty |ˌkänˌtrakˈtilitē |noun

 

contractile vacuole

con trac tile vac u ole ▶noun Zoology a vacuole in some protozoans that expels excess liquid on contraction.

 

Oxford Dictionary

contractile

contractile |kənˈtraktʌɪl | ▶adjective Biology & Physiology capable of or producing contraction: the contractile activity of the human colon. DERIVATIVES contractility |kɒntrakˈtɪlɪti |noun

 

contractile vacuole

con |tract |ile vacu |ole ▶noun Zoology a vacuole in some protozoans which expels excess liquid on contraction.

 

French Dictionary

contractile

contractile adj. adjectif Qui est susceptible de contraction.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

contractile

con trac tile /kəntrǽkt (ə )l |-taɪl /形容詞 収縮性のある ; 収縮を起こす ▸ contractile muscles 収縮筋