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English

Etymology

elastic +? -ity

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?.læs?t?s.?.ti/
• Rhymes: -?s?ti

Noun

elasticity (countable and uncountable, plural elasticities)

1. (physics) The property by virtue of which a material deformed under load can regain its original dimensions when unloaded
2. (economics) The sensitivity of changes in a quantity with respect to changes in another quantity.

   If the sales of an item drop by 5% when the price increases by 10%, its price elasticity is -0.5.

3. (computing) A measure of the flexibility of a data store's data model and clustering capabilities.
4. (computing) A system's ability to adapt to changes in workload by automatically provisioning and de-provisioning resources.
5. (mathematics) The ratio of the relative change in a function's output with respect to the relative change in its input, for infinitesimal changes at a certain point.

   Synonym: point elasticity

6. The quality of being elastic.
7. Adaptability.

   Her elasticity allowed her to recover quickly.

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English

Etymology

From adaptable +? -ity

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?dæpt??b?l?ti/

Noun

adaptability (countable and uncountable, plural adaptabilities)

1. The quality of being adaptable; a quality that renders adaptable.
2. (biology) Variability in respect to, or under the influence of, external conditions; susceptibility of an organism to that variation whereby it becomes suited to or fitted for its conditions of environment; the capacity of an organism to be modified by circumstances.

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References

• adaptability in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.