present participle of contract

Getting smaller; drawing itself together into a smaller area.

The act of something that contracts or shrinks; contraction. / Work done on a contract basis.

plural of contracting

(uncountable) The condition of being contractive. / (countable) The extent to which something is contractive.

Able to contract; contractile

Capable of being contracted (in various senses).

The ability for something to be contracted.

The quality or degree of being contractible.

plural of contractibility