Intractile

adj

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Definitions

Adjective

1
Not tractile; incapable of being drawn out or extended.
"intractile muscles"

Synonyms

adamant immovable immutable inductile inelastic inextensible

Antonyms

Example

"bodies[…]to be drawn forth in length, intractile; porous, solid"

Etymology

From in- + tractile.

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