English
Etymology
elastic + -ity
Pronunciation
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Noun
elasticity (countable and uncountable , plural elasticities )
( physics ) The property by virtue of which a material deformed under load can regain its original dimensions when unloaded
( 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.
The quality of being elastic .
Adaptability .
Her elasticity allowed her to recover quickly.
Derived terms
Translations
physics: property by which a material can regain its original dimensions
Armenian: առաձգականություն (hy) ( aṙajgakanutʻyun )
Bulgarian: еластичност (bg) f ( elastičnost )
Catalan: elasticitat f
Chinese:
Cantonese: 彈性 / 弹性 ( daan6 sing3 ) , 弹性 ( daan6 sing3 )
Mandarin: 彈性 / 弹性 (zh) ( tánxìng ) , 弹性 (zh) ( tánxìng )
Czech: pružnost (cs) f
Danish: elasticitet c
Dutch: elasticiteit (nl) f
Finnish: kimmoisuus (fi) , elastisuus (fi)
French: élasticité (fr) f
Galician: elasticidade (gl) f
Georgian: მოქნილობა ( mokniloba ) , ელასტიურობა ( elasṭiuroba ) , დრეკადობა ( dreḳadoba )
German: Elastizität (de) f
Hebrew: גְּמִישׁוּת (he) f ( gmishút )
Indonesian: keelastisan (id) , elastisitas (id)
Irish: leaisteachas m
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Italian: elasticità (it) f
Japanese: 弾力性 ( だんりょくせい, danryokusei ) , 弾性 (ja) ( だんせい, dansei )
Korean: 탄력성 (ko) ( tallyeokseong )
Malay: kekenyalan , keanjalan , keelastikan
Manx: spinney m
Norwegian:
Bokmål: elastisitet m
Nynorsk: elastisitet m
Portuguese: elasticidade (pt) f
Romanian: elasticitate (ro) f
Russian: эласти́чность (ru) f ( elastíčnostʹ )
Spanish: elasticidad (es) f
Swedish: elasticitet (sv) c
Tagalog: naynay
Telugu: స్థితిస్థాపకత (te) ( sthitisthāpakata )
Turkish: esneklik (tr) , elastikiyet (tr)
economics: sensitivity of a variable to changes in another variable