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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

DILATABILITY

n.[See Dilate. ] The quality of admitting expansion by the elastic force of the body itself, or of another elastic substance acting upon it; opposed to contractibility.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

DILATABILITY

Di *la `ta *bil "i *ty, n. Etym: [Cf. F. dilatabilité.]

 

Defn: The quality of being dilatable, or admitting expansion; -- opposed to contractibility. Ray.