plasticity
English
Etymology
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -ɪsɪti
Noun
plasticity (countable and uncountable, plural plasticities)
- The quality or state of being plastic.
- 2016, Justin O. Schmidt, The Sting of the Wild, Johns Hopkins University Press, →ISBN, p. 15
- In place of a stinger, a male bee or wasp has hardened genitalia […] used for grasping the female during mating and transferring sperm. Male genitalia are a showcase of structural plasticity.
- 2016, Justin O. Schmidt, The Sting of the Wild, Johns Hopkins University Press, →ISBN, p. 15
- (physics) the property of a solid body whereby it undergoes a permanent change in shape or size when subjected to a stress exceeding a particular value (the yield value)
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Translations
quality of being plastic
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property of a solid body
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