CONTRACTILE FORCE, that property or power inherent in certain bodies, by which, when extended, they are enabled to draw themselves up again to their former dimensions.
CONTRACTILE FORCE
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CONTRACTILE FORCE, that property or power inherent in certain bodies, by which, when extended, they are enabled to draw themselves up again to their former dimensions.