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Adjective, Noun

HYPHEN

e=las=tic

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WORDNET DICTIONARY

Noun elastic has 2 senses

elastic(n = noun.artifact) elastic band, rubber band - a narrow band of elastic rubber used to hold things (such as papers) together;

is a kind of band, elastic device

Derived form adjective elastic₁

elastic(n = noun.artifact) - a fabric made of yarns containing an elastic material;

Derived form adjective elastic₁

Adjective elastic has 2 senses

elastic(a = adj.all) - capable of resuming original shape after stretching or compression; springy; "an elastic band"; "a youthful and elastic walk"

noun

noun

Antonym: inelastic

elastic(s = adj.all) flexible, pliable, pliant - able to adjust readily to different conditions; "an adaptable person"; "a flexible personality"; "an elastic clause in a contract"

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CIDE DICTIONARY

elastic, a. [Formed fr. Gr. 'elay`nein to drive; prob. akin to L. alacer lively, brisk, and E. alacrity: cf. F. élastique.].

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." [1913 Webster]
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.

elastic, n.

An elastic woven fabric, as a belt, braces or suspenders, etc., made in part of India rubber. [1913 Webster]

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OXFORD DICTIONARY

elastic, adj. & n.
--adj.
1 able to resume its normal bulk or shape spontaneously after contraction, dilatation, or distortion.
2 springy.
3 (of a person or feelings) buoyant.
4 flexible, adaptable (elastic conscience).
5 Econ. (of demand) variable according to price.
6 Physics (of a collision) involving no decrease of kinetic energy.
--n. elastic cord or fabric, usu. woven with strips of rubber.

Idiom

elastic band = rubber band (see RUBBER(1)).

Derivative

elastically adv. elasticity n. elasticize v.tr. (also -ise).

Etymology

mod.L elasticus f. Gk elastikos propulsive f. elauno drive

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THESAURUS

elastic

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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Elasticity

N elasticity, springiness, spring, resilience, renitency, buoyancy, rubber, India rubber, Indian rubber, latex, caoutchouc, whalebone, gum elastic, baleen, natural rubber, neoprene, synthetic rubber, Buna- S, plastic, flexibility, Young's modulus, elastic, flexible, tensile, spring, resilient, renitent, buoyant, ductile, stretchable, extendable, the stress is proportional to the strain.

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