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Definitions of elasticity
  1. noun
    the tendency of a body to return to its original shape after it has been stretched or compressed

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  • give the elasticity of something that can be stretched and returns to its original length
  • spring the elasticity of something that can be stretched and returns to its original length
  • tone give a healthy elasticity to
  • temper the elasticity and hardness of a metal object; its ability to absorb considerable energy before cracking
  • cured (used of rubber) treated by a chemical or physical process to improve its properties (hardness and strength and odor and elasticity)
  • strengthen give a healthy elasticity to
  • brittle having little elasticity; hence easily cracked or fractured or snapped
  • hooke English scientist who formulated the law of elasticity and proposed a wave theory of light and formulated a theory of planetary motion and proposed the inverse square law of gravitational attraction and discovered the cellular structure of cork and introduced the term `cell' into biology and invented a balance spring for watches (1635-1703)
  • flaccid drooping without elasticity; wanting in stiffness
  • toughness the elasticity and hardness of a metal object; its ability to absorb considerable energy before cracking
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