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nounthe 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
- flaccid drooping without elasticity; wanting in stiffness
- 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)
- toughness the elasticity and hardness of a metal object; its ability to absorb considerable energy before cracking