elasticity

English

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.

Translations

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

Bulgarian: еластичност (bg) 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. 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: స్థితి స్థాపకత (te) (sthiti sthaapakata) Turkish: esneklik (tr), elastikiyet (tr)

economics: sensitivity of a variable to changes in another variable

Finnish: jousto (fi)

Irish: leaisteachas (ga) m.

quality of being elastic

Bulgarian: еластичност (bg) 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