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Contractive is an English word. Below you'll find 2 example sentences showing how it's used in practice.

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Contractive in a sentence

Contractive meaning

Able to contract; contractile

Using Contractive

  • The main meaning on this page is: Able to contract; contractile

Context around Contractive

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 19.5 words
  • Position in the sentence: 0 start, 2 middle, 0 end
  • Sentence types: 2 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Often after:

mapping 1×

Sentence patterns with Contractive

These short patterns come directly from the example sentences and show how the word is often embedded:

f is contractive and q 1× of a contractive mapping can 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

let q 0 1× more generally the 1×

Common sentence endings:

between metric spaces 1× the contraction constant 1×

Words around Contractive

Just before it in the word index:

contractions 112 contractionary 15 contraction 451 contracting 758 contractility 7 contractile 11

Just after it in the word index:

contractor 1.190 contractors 1.390 contracts 2.951 contractthe 4 contractual 312 contractualization 2

Similar in corpus frequency:

aabc 4 aacr 4 aacsb 4 aadar 4 aadk 4 aadujeevitham 4

Corpus analysis for Contractive

  • In this selection, "contractive" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 19.5 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, mapping stand out and add context to how "contractive" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include f is contractive and q and of a contractive mapping can. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "contractive" sits close to words such as aabc, aacr and aacsb, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with contractive

The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:

Short example sentences

More generally, the idea of a contractive mapping can be defined for maps between metric spaces. (16 words)

Let q ∈ (0, 1), then there exists a complete metric on X such that f is contractive, and q is the contraction constant. (23 words)

Longer example sentences

Let q ∈ (0, 1), then there exists a complete metric on X such that f is contractive, and q is the contraction constant. (23 words)

More generally, the idea of a contractive mapping can be defined for maps between metric spaces. (16 words)

Example sentences (2)

Let q ∈ (0, 1), then there exists a complete metric on X such that f is contractive, and q is the contraction constant.

More generally, the idea of a contractive mapping can be defined for maps between metric spaces.

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "contractive" in a sentence?
An example: "Let q ∈ (0, 1), then there exists a complete metric on X such that f is contractive, and q is the contraction constant." This page contains 2 example sentences with the word "contractive" from authentic English texts.
What does "contractive" mean?
Contractive means: Able to contract; contractile
How many example sentences with "contractive" are there?
Voorbeeldzinnen.info contains 2 example sentences with "contractive", drawn from a database of millions of English sentences.