elasticity n : the tendency of a body to return to its original shape after it has been stretched or compressed; "the waistband had lost its snap" [syn: snap] [ant: inelasticity]

English

Noun

elasticity

1. The property by virtue of which a material deformed under the load can regain its original dimensions when unloaded
2. The sensitivity of changes in a quantity with respect to changes in another quantity.
3. the quality of being elastic
4. adaptability

Translations

• Czech: pružnost
• Dutch: elasticiteit
• English: elasticity
• French: élasticité
• German: Elastizität
• Italian: elasticità
• Korean : 탄력성
• Romanian: elasticitate
• Spanish: elasticidad
• Swedish: elasticitet
• Telugu: స్థితి స్థాపకత (sthiti sthaapakata)

Elasticity may refer to:

• Elasticity (physics), continuum mechanics of bodies which deform reversibly under stress

Various uses are derived from this physical sense of the term, especially in economics:

• Elasticity (economics), a general term for a ratio of change. For more specific economic forms of elasticity, see:
  • Price elasticity of demand
  • Price elasticity of supply
  • Income elasticity of demand
  • Cross elasticity of demand
  • Output elasticity
  • Elasticity of substitution
  • Beta coefficient
  • Yield elasticity of bond value
• Elasticity of a function, a mathematical definition of point elasticity
  • Arc elasticity

See also

• Elastic
• Elasticity as a comic book super power.

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