Meaning

7 senses
  1. (countable, uncountable)The property by virtue of which a material deformed under load can regain its original dimensions when unloaded

    Elastizität

    эласти́чностьelastíčnostʹ

  2. (countable, uncountable)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.

    еластичністьelastyčnistʹ

  3. (countable, uncountable)A measure of the flexibility of a data store's data model and clustering capabilities.

  4. (countable, uncountable)A system's ability to adapt to changes in workload by automatically provisioning and de-provisioning resources.

  5. (countable, uncountable)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.

  6. (countable, uncountable)The quality of being elastic.

    Elastizität

    упру́гостьuprúgostʹ, эласти́чностьelastíčnostʹ

  7. (countable, uncountable)Adaptability.

    Her elasticity allowed her to recover quickly.

More definitions
  • the tendency of a body to return to its original shape after it has been stretched or compressed

Examples

4 sentences
  1. The elasticity of this polymer isn't the best suited to our ends.

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  2. The waistband has lost its elasticity and now it's all crumbly and itchy.

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  3. This material lacks elasticity.

    ruЭтому материалу недостаёт эластичности.

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  4. This video shows hyperelastic bone being 3-D-printed into forms, absorbing liquid and demonstrating elasticity.

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
economics: sensitivity of a variable to changes in another variable:
Русский
By meaning 2
physics: property by which a material can regain its original dimensions:
quality of being elastic:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
physics: property by which a material can regain its original dimensions:
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