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tractile
(encz) | tractile, adj: |
Tractile
(gcide) | Tractile \Tract"ile\, a. [L. trahere, tractum, to draw.]
Capable of being drawn out in length; ductile. --Bacon.
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tractile
(wn) | tractile
adj 1: capable of being shaped or bent or drawn out; "ductile
copper"; "malleable metals such as gold"; "they soaked
the leather to made it pliable"; "pliant molten glass";
"made of highly tensile steel alloy" [syn: ductile,
malleable, pliable, pliant, tensile, tractile] |
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contractile
(encz) | contractile,stažitelný adj: Zdeněk Brož |
contractile organ
(encz) | contractile organ, n: |
contractile undercarriage
(encz) | contractile undercarriage,zatahovací podvozek |
nonprotractile
(encz) | nonprotractile, adj: |
nonretractile
(encz) | nonretractile, adj: |
protractile
(encz) | protractile, adj: |
retractile
(encz) | retractile,zatažitelný adj: Zdeněk Brož |
Attractile
(gcide) | Attractile \At*tract"ile\, a.
Having power to attract.
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Contractile
(gcide) | Contractile \Con*tract"ile\, a. [Cf. F. contractile.]
tending to contract; having the power or property of
contracting, or of shrinking into shorter or smaller
dimensions; as, the contractile tissues.
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The heart's contractile force. --H. Brooke.
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Each cilium seems to be composed of contractile
substance. --Hixley.
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Contractile vacuole (Zool.), a pulsating cavity in the
interior of a protozoan, supposed to be excretory in
function. There may be one, two, or more.
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Contractile vacuole
(gcide) | Vacuole \Vac"u*ole\, n. [L. vacuus empty: cf. F. vacuole.]
(Biol.)
A small air cell, or globular space, in the interior of
organic cells, either containing air, or a pellucid watery
liquid, or some special chemical secretions of the cell
protoplasm.
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Contractile vacuole. (Zool.) See under Contractile, and
see Illusts. of Infusoria, and Lobosa.
Food vacuole. (Zool.) See under Food, and see Illust. of
Infusoria.
[1913 Webster]Contractile \Con*tract"ile\, a. [Cf. F. contractile.]
tending to contract; having the power or property of
contracting, or of shrinking into shorter or smaller
dimensions; as, the contractile tissues.
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The heart's contractile force. --H. Brooke.
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Each cilium seems to be composed of contractile
substance. --Hixley.
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Contractile vacuole (Zool.), a pulsating cavity in the
interior of a protozoan, supposed to be excretory in
function. There may be one, two, or more.
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Distractile
(gcide) | Distractile \Dis*tract"ile\, a. (Bot.)
Tending or serving to draw apart.
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Intractile
(gcide) | Intractile \In*tract"ile\, a.
Not tractile; incapable of being drawn out or extended.
--Bacon.
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Irretractile
(gcide) | Irretractile \Ir`re*tract"ile\, a.
1. Not retractile.
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2. Not tractile or ductile. [R.] --Sir W. Hamilton.
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nonretractile
(gcide) | nonretractable \nonretractable\ nonretractile
\nonretractile\adj.
not able to be drawn into the main body; -- of claws and
other extensile parts of animals or objects; as, a bear's
claws, unlike a cat's, are nonretractile. Opposite of
retractile.
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Protractile
(gcide) | Protractile \Pro*tract"ile\, a.
Capable of being protracted, or protruded; protrusile.
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Retractile
(gcide) | Retractile \Re*tract"ile\ (r[-e]*tr[=a]kt"[i^]l), a. [Cf. F.
-r['e]tractile.] (Physiol.)
Capable of retraction; capable of being drawn back or up; as,
the claws of a cat are retractile.
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Tractile
(gcide) | Tractile \Tract"ile\, a. [L. trahere, tractum, to draw.]
Capable of being drawn out in length; ductile. --Bacon.
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contractile
(wn) | contractile
adj 1: capable of contracting or being contracted; "the
contractile wings of an insect" |
contractile organ
(wn) | contractile organ
n 1: a bodily organ that contracts [syn: contractile organ,
contractor] |
nonprotractile
(wn) | nonprotractile
adj 1: not extensile [syn: nonextensile, inextensible,
nonprotractile] [ant: extensible, extensile] |
nonretractile
(wn) | nonretractile
adj 1: not capable of being retracted [syn: nonretractile,
nonretractable] [ant: retractile] |
protractile
(wn) | protractile
adj 1: able to be extended; "protractile muscle" [syn:
protractile, protractible] |
retractile
(wn) | retractile
adj 1: capable of retraction; capable of being drawn back; "cats
have retractile claws" [ant: nonretractable,
nonretractile] |
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