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Elasticity

Elasticity Meaning & Definition
Elasticity Definition And Meaning

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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