About The Word Elasticity
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Elasticity
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What's The Definition Of Elasticity?
[n] the tendency of a body to return to its original shape after it has been stretched or compressed
Synonyms | Synonyms for Elasticity: Related Terms | Find terms related to Elasticity: adaptability | adjustability | agreeability | amenability | beef | beefiness | bendability | brawn | brawniness | ductibility | ductility | extendibility | extensibility | facility | fictility | flexibility | flexility | flexuousness | formativeness | give | heftiness | huskiness | impressionability | involuntary muscle | limberness | litheness | malleability | moldability | muscle | muscularity | musculature | physique | plasticity | pliability | pliancy | receptiveness | resilience | responsiveness | rubberiness | sensibility | sensitiveness | sequacity | sinew | sinewiness | sinews | springiness | stretch | stretchability | stretchiness | submissiveness | suppleness | susceptibility | tensileness | tensility | thew | thewiness | thews | tolerance | tone | tractability | tractility | voluntary muscle | willowiness See Also | bounce | bounciness | elasticity of shear | give | physical property | resilience | resiliency | spring | springiness | stretch | stretchability | stretchiness | temper | toughness Elasticity In Webster's Dictionary \E`las*tic"i*ty\, n. [Cf. F. ['e]lasticit['e].]
1. The quality of being elastic; the inherent property in
bodies by which they recover their former figure or
dimensions, after the removal of external pressure or
altering force; springiness; tendency to rebound; as, the
elasticity of caoutchouc; the elasticity of the air.
2. Power of resistance to, or recovery from, depression or
overwork.
{Coefficient of elasticity}, the quotient of a stress (of a
given kind), by the strain (of a given kind) which it
produces; -- called also {coefficient of resistance}.
{Surface of elasticity} (Geom.), the pedal surface of an
ellipsoid (see {Pedal}); a surface used in explaining the
phenomena of double refraction and their relation to the
elastic force of the luminous ether in crystalline media.
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