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Contractility

noun

The capability or quality of shrinking or contracting, especially by muscle fibers and even some other forms of living matter.

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... inanimate. With Messrs. Franck and Schaeffer, I made every possible effort to rekindle the spark of life. Neither mirror, nor burned feather, nor ammonia, nor pricking succeeded in giving us a sign of sensibility. Galvanism was tried without the patient showing any contractility. Mr. Franck believed her to be dead, but nevertheless advised me to leave her on the bed. For twenty-eight hours no change supervened, although it was thought that a little putrefaction was observed. The death bell was sounded, the friends of the girl had dressed ...

— Scientific American Supplement, No. 497, July 11, 1885 • Various

... little gecko of Hawaii make their homes in cracks along cuts in the pali, and the natives fear to harm their eggs lest they "fall off a precipice" according to popular belief. When we consider the ready contractility of Polynesian demigods, the size of the monster dragons of the fabulous tales is no difficulty in the way of their identification with these tiny creatures, the largest of which found on Hawaii is ...

— The Hawaiian Romance Of Laieikawai • Anonymous

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