Associations to the word «Elasticity»

Wiktionary

ELASTICITY, noun. (physics) The property by virtue of which a material deformed under the load can regain its original dimensions when unloaded
ELASTICITY, noun. (economics) The sensitivity of changes in a quantity with respect to changes in another quantity.
ELASTICITY, noun. The quality of being elastic.
ELASTICITY, noun. Adaptability.

Dictionary definition

ELASTICITY, 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".

Wise words

Wisdom does not show itself so much in precept as in life - in firmness of mind and a mastery of appetite. It teaches us to do, as well as talk, and to make our words and actions all of a color.
Lucius Annaeus Seneca