elasticity

English

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /ɪ.læsˈtɪs.ɪ.ti/

Noun

elasticity (countable and uncountable; plural elasticities)

1. (physics) The property by virtue of which a material deformed under the 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. The quality of being elastic.
4. Adaptability.

Derived terms

• inelasticity

Translations

physics: property by which a material can regain its original dimensions

• Bulgarian: еластичност (bg) (elastičnost) f
• Catalan: elasticitat (ca) f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 彈性 (cmn), 弹性 (cmn) (tánxìng)

• Czech: pružnost (cs) f
• Dutch: elasticiteit (nl) f
• Finnish: kimmoisuus (fi), elastisuus (fi)
• French: élasticité (fr) f
• German: Elastizität (de) f
• Irish: leaisteachas (ga) m

• Italian: elasticità (it) f
• Japanese: 弾力性 (ja) (だんりょくせい, danryokusei), 弾性 (ja) (だんせい, dansei)
• Korean: 탄력성 (ko) (tanryeokseong)
• Manx: spinney (gv) m
• Romanian: elasticitate (ro) f
• Russian: эластичность (ru) (elastíčnost’) f
• Spanish: elasticidad (es) f
• Swedish: elasticitet (sv) c
• Telugu: స్థితిస్థాపకత (te) (sthiti-sthaapakata)
• Turkish: esneklik (tr), elastikiyet (tr)

economics: sensitivity of a variable to changes in another variable

• Finnish: jousto (fi)

• French: élasticité (fr)
• Irish: leaisteachas (ga) m

quality of being elastic

• Bulgarian: еластичност (bg) (elastičnost) f
• Catalan: elasticitat (ca) f
• Finnish: joustavuus (fi), kimmoisuus (fi), elastisuus (fi)
• German: Elastizität (de) f

• Irish: leaisteachas (ga) m
• Manx: so-lhoobaght (gv) f, spinney (gv) m
• Spanish: elasticidad (es) f

adaptability — see adaptability