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adjective
1.
capable of returning to its original length, shape, etc., after being stretched, deformed, compressed, or expanded: an elastic waistband; elastic fiber.
2.
spontaneously expansive, as gases.
3.
flexible; accommodating; adaptable; tolerant: elastic rules and regulations.
4.
springing back or rebounding; springy: He walks with an elastic step.
5.
EXPANDreadily recovering from depression or exhaustion; buoyant: an elastic temperament.
6.
Economics. relatively responsive to change, as to a proportionate increase in demand as the result of a decrease in price. Compare inelastic (def. 2).
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COLLAPSEPhysics. of, pertaining to, or noting a body having the property of elasticity.
noun
8.
webbing, or material in the form of a band, made elastic, as with strips of rubber.
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something made from this material, as a garter.
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Elastically
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Origin:
1645–55; < Neo-Latin elasticus expanding spontaneously, equivalent to Greek elast(ós) (late variant of elatós ductile, beaten (of metal), derivative of elaúnein, elân beat out, forge) + -icus -ic
1645–55; < Neo-Latin elasticus expanding spontaneously, equivalent to Greek elast(ós) (late variant of elatós ductile, beaten (of metal), derivative of elaúnein, elân beat out, forge) + -icus -ic
Related forms
e·las·ti·cal·ly, adverb
non·e·las·tic, adjective
non·e·las·ti·cal·ly, adverb
sem·i·e·las·tic, adjective
sem·i·e·las·ti·cal·ly, adverb
EXPANDsu·per·e·las·tic, adjective
su·per·e·las·ti·cal·ly, adverb
un·e·las·tic, adjective
un·e·las·ti·cal·ly, adverb
COLLAPSESynonyms
3. resilient, pliant.
3. resilient, pliant.
Antonyms
3. rigid, inflexible, intolerant, unyielding.
3. rigid, inflexible, intolerant, unyielding.
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Word Origin & History
elastic
1653, coined in Fr. (1651) as a scientific term to describe gases, from Gk. elastos "ductile, flexible," related to elaunein "to strike, beat out," of uncertain origin. Applied to solids from 1674. The noun, "cord or string woven with rubber," is 1847, Amer.Eng.
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elastic e·las·tic (ĭ-lās'tĭk)
adj.
Having the property of returning to the original shape after being distorted.
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