contractive

[kuh n-trak-tiv]

adjective

serving or tending to contract.
capable of contracting.

Origin of contractive

First recorded in 1615–25; contract + -ive

Related formscon·trac·tive·ly, adverbcon·trac·tive·ness, noun

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Examples from the Web for contractive

Historical Examples of contractive

The gas burner is made of a metal having great expansive and contractive properties.
Scientific American Supplement, No. 1082, September 26, 1896
Various
There must always be contractive elements, implicit or explicit, in a marriage; that was well recognized even by the Canonists.
Studies in the Psychology of Sex, Volume 6 (of 6)
Havelock Ellis
And the doctor, by sundry tests and applications, showed the peculiar exhausted and contractive condition of the muscles.
Master of His Fate
J. Mclaren Cobban