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elasticity

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.

Derived terms

Translations

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plasticity

English

Etymology

plastic +? -ity

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -?s?ti

Noun

plasticity (countable and uncountable, plural plasticities)

  1. The quality or state of being plastic.
  2. (physics) the property of a solid body whereby it undergoes a permanent change in shape or size when subjected to a stress exceeding a particular value (the yield value)

Coordinate terms

  • elasticity

Derived terms

Translations

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