Elasticity Synonyms and Antonyms

ĭ-lă-stĭsĭ-tē, ēlă-
The quality or state of being flexible
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. bounce
  2. ductility
  3. flexibility
  4. flexibleness
  5. give
  6. malleability
  7. malleableness
  8. plasticity
  9. pliability
  10. pliableness
  11. pliancy
  12. pliantness
  13. resilience
  14. resiliency
  15. spring
  16. springiness
  17. suppleness
  18. flexure
  19. flexility
  20. ductibility
  21. formativeness
  22. tensileness
  23. tensility
  24. willowiness
The ability to recover quickly from depression or discouragement
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. resiliency
  2. buoyancy
  3. resilience
  4. bounce
  5. ductility
  6. extensibility
  7. snap
  8. pliability
  9. springiness
  10. extendibility
  11. tone
  12. rubberiness
  13. tractility
Antonyms:
  1. inelasticity

Words Related to Elasticity

Related words are words that are directly connected to each other through their meaning, even if they are not synonyms or antonyms. This connection may be general or specific, or the words may appear frequently together.

Elasticity Sentence Examples

  • Referring the reader to the article Elasticity for the theoretical and to the Strength Of Materials far the practical aspects of this subject, we give here a table of the "modulus of elasticity," E (column 2), for millimetre and kilogramme.

  • Such an alloy can be cast like ordinary bronze, but excels the latter in hardness, elasticity, toughness and tensile strength.

  • Most metals when molten are capable of dissolving at least small proportions of carbon, which, in general, leads to a deterioration in metallicity, except in the case of iron, which by the addition of small percentages of carbon gains in elasticity and tensile strength with little loss of plasticity.

  • The timber is specially valued for furniture and cabinet work and for gunstocks, the beauty of its markings rendering it desirable for the first-named purpose, while its strength and elasticity fit it for the second.

  • The isothermal elasticity - v(dp/dv) is equal to the pressure p. The adiabatic elasticity is equal to y p, where -y is the ratio S/s of the specific heats.

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