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English

Pronunciation


Adjective

elastic ( more elastic, most elastic)

  1. Capable of stretching; particularly, capable of stretching so as to return to an original shape or size when force is released.
  2. : The rope is somewhat elastic, so expect it to give when you pull on it.
  3. Made of elastic.
  4. : elastic band
  5. Of clothing, elasticated.
  6. Sensitive to changes in price.
  7. : Demand for entertainment is more elastic than demand for energy.


Related terms


Translations

elasticated See elasticated

Noun

elastic (countable and uncountable; plural elastics)

  1. An elastic material used in clothing, particularly in waistbands and cuffs.
  2. : Running shorts use elastic to eliminate the need for a belt.
  3. An elastic band.


Translations

elastic band See elastic band

Category:1000 English basic words

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GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Elastic \E*las"tic\ ([-e]*l[a^]s"t[i^]k), a. [Formed fr. Gr.
'elay`nein to drive; prob. akin to L. alacer lively, brisk,
and E. alacrity: cf. F. ['e]lastique.]
1. Springing back; having a power or inherent property of
returning to the form from which a substance is bent,
drawn, pressed, or twisted; springy; having the power of
rebounding; as, a bow is elastic; the air is elastic;
India rubber is elastic.
[1913 Webster]

Capable of being drawn out by force like a piece of
elastic gum, and by its own elasticity returning,
when the force is removed, to its former position.
--Paley.
[1913 Webster]

2. Able to return quickly to a former state or condition,
after being depressed or overtaxed; having power to
recover easily from shocks and trials; as, elastic
spirits; an elastic constitution.
[1913 Webster]

Elastic bitumen. (Min.) See Elaterite.

Elastic curve.
(a) (Geom.) The curve made by a thin elastic rod fixed
horizontally at one end and loaded at the other.
(b) (Mech.) The figure assumed by the longitudinal axis of
an originally straight bar under any system of bending
forces. --Rankine.

Elastic fluids, those which have the property of expanding
in all directions on the removal of external pressure, as
the air, steam, and other gases and vapors.

Elastic limit (Mech.), the limit of distortion, by bending,
stretching, etc., that a body can undergo and yet return
to its original form when relieved from stress; also, the
unit force or stress required to produce this distortion.
Within the elastic limit the distortion is directly
proportional to the stress producing it.

Elastic tissue (Anat.), a variety of connective tissue
consisting of a network of slender and very elastic fibers
which are but slightly affected by acids or alkalies.

Gum elastic, caoutchouc.
[1913 Webster]
GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Elastic \E*las"tic\, n.
An elastic woven fabric, as a belt, braces or suspenders,
etc., made in part of India rubber. [Colloq.]
[1913 Webster]
WordNet elastic
adj 1: capable of resuming original shape after stretching or
compression; springy; "an elastic band"; "a youthful
and elastic walk" [ant: inelastic]
2: able to adjust readily to different conditions; "an
adaptable person"; "a flexible personality"; "an elastic
clause in a contract" [syn: flexible, pliable, pliant]
n 1: a narrow band of elastic rubber used to hold things (such as
papers) together [syn: rubber band, elastic band]
2: an elastic fabric made of yarns containing an elastic
material
Moby Dictionary
Lastex , accommodating , adaptable , adaptive , adjustable , airy ,
animated , baleen , battledore , bendable , bending , bouncy , buoyant ,
chewing gum , compliant , compressible , contractile , convalescent ,
dilatant , distensive , ductile , ebullient , effervescent , elastomer ,
expandable , expansible , expansile , expansional , expansive ,
extensible , extensile , extensional , extensive , fabricable , facile ,
fictile , flexible , flexile , flexuous , formable , formative , gay ,
giving , gum , gum elastic , handball , high-spirited , impressible ,
impressionable , inflatable , inflationary , jumping jack , like putty ,
limber , lissome , lithe , lithesome , lively , malleable , mettlesome ,
moldable , plastic , pliable , pliant , racket , receptive ,
recuperative , recuperatory , resilient , responsive , reviviscent ,
rubber , rubber ball , rubber band , rubberlike , rubbery , sensitive ,
sequacious , shapable , soaring , spandex , spirited , sprightly ,
spring , springboard , springy , stretch , stretch fabric , stretchable ,
stretchy , submissive , supple , susceptible , tractable , tractile ,
trampoline , vivacious , volatile , whalebone , whippy , willowy ,
yielding


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