elasticity

elasticity
Synonyms and related words:
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

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  • Elasticity — Elasticity. См. Упругость. (Источник: «Металлы и сплавы. Справочник.» Под редакцией Ю.П. Солнцева; НПО Профессионал , НПО Мир и семья ; Санкт Петербург, 2003 г.) …   Словарь металлургических терминов

  • elasticity — 1660s; see ELASTIC (Cf. elastic) + ITY (Cf. ity) …   Etymology dictionary

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  • elasticity — [ē΄las tis′ə tē, i las΄tis′ə tē] n. pl. elasticities 1. the quality or condition of being elastic; specif., a) springiness; flexibility; resilience b) buoyancy of spirit c) adaptability 2. Econ. the degree to which the demand for, or supply of,… …   English World dictionary

  • elasticity — /i la stis i tee, ee la stis /, n. 1. the state or quality of being elastic. 2. flexibility; resilience; adaptability: a statement with a great elasticity of meaning. 3. buoyancy; ability to resist or overcome depression. 4. Physics. the property …   Universalium

  • Elasticity — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Elasticity >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 elasticity elasticity springiness spring resilience renitency buoyancy GRP: N 2 Sgm: N 2 rubber rubber India =>(n) rubber latex …   English dictionary for students

  • elasticity — [[t]i͟ːlæstɪ̱sɪti, ɪlæ̱st [/t]] elasticities 1) N UNCOUNT The elasticity of a material or substance is its ability to return to its original shape, size, and condition after it has been stretched. Daily facial exercises help her to retain the… …   English dictionary

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  • elasticity — A term used to describe the effects price, supply, and demand have on one another for a particular commodity. A commodity is said to have elastic demand when a price change affects the demand for that commodity; it has supply elasticity when a… …   Financial and business terms

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