Able to be contracted or reduced; capable of shrinking, shortening, or being drawn together.
From 'contract' + '-ible' (capable of). In mathematics and topology, contractible refers to spaces that can be continuously shrunk to a point.
In topology, a coffee cup and a donut are considered the same shape because both are contractible to the same basic form—mind-blowing mathematical thinking!
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