plasticity
Use Plasticity in a sentence
ɪ noun
1.
the quality or state of being plastic.
2.
the capability of being molded, receiving shape, or being made to assume a desired form: the plasticity of social institutions; the great plasticity of clay.
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| —n | |
| 1. | the quality of being plastic or able to be moulded |
| 2. | (in pictorial art) the quality of depicting space and form so that they appear three-dimensional |
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Example sentences
These qualities give it a remarkable plasticity but prevent it from being thrown on a pottery wheel.
The story of reading's development is a complex tale of equal parts human invention and neural plasticity.
Growth exhibits a broad range of plasticity in the absence of natural selection.
The plasticity of the brain provides life-course opportunities for resilience and enhanced mental health.
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