plasticity

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Hellenic *plátʰyō

Proto-Hellenic *pláťťō?

Ancient Greek πλάσσω (plássō)

Proto-Indo-European *-tis

Ancient Greek -τις (-tis)

Ancient Greek -σῐς (-sĭs)

Proto-Indo-European *-kos

Ancient Greek -κός (-kós)

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Proto-Indo-European *-tós

Ancient Greek -τος (-tos)

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Ancient Greek -κός (-kós)

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Ancient Greek -τικός (-tikós)

Ancient Greek πλᾰστῐκός (plăstĭkós)der.

Latin plasticusder.

English plastic

Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂

Proto-Indo-European *-ts

Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ts

Latin -itāsder.

Old French -itebor.

Middle English -ite

English -ity

English plasticity

From plastic + -ity.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˌplæs.ˈtɪs.ɪ.ti/, /ˌplɑːs.ˈtɪs.ɪ.ti/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• (US) IPA^(key): /ˌplæs.ˈtɪs.ɪ.ti/, [ˌpʰlæs.ˈtɪs.ɪ.ti], [ˌpʰlæs.ˈtɪs.ɪ.ɾi]
• (General Australian) IPA^(key): /ˌplæs.ˈtɪs.ɪ.ti/, [ˌplæs.ˈtɪs.ɪ.ɾi]
• Rhymes: -ɪsɪti

Noun

plasticity (countable and uncountable, plural plasticities)

1. The quality or state of being plastic.
   • 2016, Justin O. Schmidt, The Sting of the Wild, Johns Hopkins University Press, →ISBN, page 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.

2. (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).

Coordinate terms

• elasticity

Derived terms

• angioplasticity
• ecoplasticity
• elastoplasticity
• electroplasticity
• genomic plasticity
• hyperplasticity
• hypoplasticity
• metaplasticity
• microplasticity
• neoplasticity
• neuroplasticity
• nonplasticity
• pathoplasticity
• phenoplasticity
• phenotypic plasticity
• pseudoplasticity
• psychoplasticity
• superplasticity
• thermoplasticity
• visco-elasto-plasticity
• viscoplasticity

Translations

quality of being plastic

• Catalan: plasticitat f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 可塑性 (zh) (kěsùxìng)

• Czech: tvárnost f
• Finnish: plastisuus (fi)
• French: plasticité (fr) f
• Galician: plasticidade (gl) f
• German: Plastizität (de) f
• Irish: plaisteacht f
• Italian: plasticità (it) f
• Japanese: 可塑性 (ja) (kasosei)
• Manx: so-lhoobaght f
• Portuguese: plasticidade (pt) f
• Russian: ги́бкость (ru) f (gíbkostʹ), пласти́чность (ru) f (plastíčnostʹ), эласти́чность (ru) f (elastíčnostʹ)
• Slovak: tvárnosť f
• Spanish: plasticidad (es) f
• Turkish: esneklik (tr), plastiklik
• Welsh: plastigrwydd m

property of a solid body

• Catalan: plasticitat f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 可塑性 (zh) (kěsùxìng)

• Finnish: plastisuus (fi), muokattavuus
• Galician: plasticidade (gl) f
• Georgian: პლასტიკურობა (ṗlasṭiḳuroba)
• Hindi: सुघट्यता (sughaṭyatā)
• Indonesian: plastisitas (id)
• Irish: plaisteacht f
• Newar: आलुपहः (ālupaha:)
• Polish: plastyczność (pl) f
• Portuguese: plasticidade (pt) f
• Punjabi: ਢਿਲਕ (ḍhilak), ਢਲਣਯੋਗਤਾ (ḍhalaṇyogtā)
• Russian: ги́бкость (ru) f (gíbkostʹ), пласти́чность (ru) f (plastíčnostʹ), эласти́чность (ru) f (elastíčnostʹ)
• Spanish: plasticidad (es) f
• Tamil: நெகிழ்வு தன்மை (nekiḻvu taṉmai)
• Welsh: plastigrwydd m

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout § Translations.

Translations to be checked

• Dutch: ^{(please verify)} plasticiteit (nl) f
• French: ^{(please verify)} plasticité (fr) f
• German: ^{(please verify)} Drehfähigkeit f, ^{(please verify)} Fließbarkeit f, ^{(please verify)} Formbarkeit f, ^{(please verify)} Plastizität (de) f, ^{(please verify)} Verformbarkeit f
• Italian: ^{(please verify)} plasticità (it) f