'Elasticity' definitions:
Definition of 'elasticity'
From: WordNet
noun
The tendency of a body to return to its original shape after it has been stretched or compressed; "the waistband had lost its snap" [syn: elasticity, snap] [ant: inelasticity]
Definition of 'Elasticity'
From: GCIDE
- Elasticity \E`las*tic"i*ty\ ([=e]`l[a^]s*t[i^]s"[i^]*t[y^]), 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; resilience; tendency to rebound; as, the elasticity of caoutchouc; the elasticity of the air. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Power of resistance to, or recovery from, depression or overwork; -- usually referred to as resilience[3]. [1913 Webster]
- 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. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'elasticity'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- 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
Words containing 'Elasticity'
- Elastic,
- Elastical,
- Elastically,
- Elasticness,
- elastance,
- Coefficient of elasticity,
- Elastic bitumen,
- Elastic curve,
- Elastic fluid,
- Elastic fluids,
- Elastic gum,
- Elastic limit,
- Elastic tissue,
- Gum elastic,
- Modulus of elasticity,
- Surface of elasticity,
- elastance unit,
- elastic band,
- elastic bandage,
- elastic device,
- elastic energy,
- elastic modulus,
- elasticity of shear,
- electrical elastance,
- elastic potential energy,
- inelastic vs elastic