noncontractible

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adjective

Not contractible.

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Meanings

adjectivenoncontractible (not comparable)
  1. not comparableNot contractible.

    For this case, we prove that the noncontractible intervals are in natural correspondence with the zonogonal tilings of a zonogon.

    2015, Thomas McConville, “Homotopy type of intervals of the second higher Bruhat orders”, in arXiv

Origin

From non- + contractible.

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APA

noncontractible. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/noncontractible

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Chicago

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