Antonyms for elasticity


Grammar : Noun
Spell : ih-la-stis-i-tee, ee-la-stis-
Phonetic Transcription : ɪ læˈstɪs ɪ ti, ˌi læˈstɪs-


Definition of elasticity

Origin :
  • 1660s; see elastic + -ity.
  • noun stretchiness
Example sentences :
  • Also Franks was beginning to feel or to fancy his strength and elasticity not quite what they had been.
  • Extract from : « Weighed and Wanting » by George MacDonald
  • Very many years of toil had taken the elasticity out of step and voice.
  • Extract from : « American Notes » by Rudyard Kipling
  • As she fell, the elasticity of the vines began slowly to drag her back with them.
  • Extract from : « The Einstein See-Saw » by Miles John Breuer
  • Thus the elasticity of the air determines the velocity of sound in it.
  • Extract from : « The Machinery of the Universe » by Amos Emerson Dolbear
  • So if rate of speed and elasticity be known, the density may be computed.
  • Extract from : « The Machinery of the Universe » by Amos Emerson Dolbear
  • There are really two kinds of elasticity, which have nothing to do with each other.
  • Extract from : « Common Science » by Carleton W. Washburne
  • It is elasticity of form that most people mean when they talk about elasticity.
  • Extract from : « Common Science » by Carleton W. Washburne
  • Jelly and steel and glass have a great deal of elasticity of form.
  • Extract from : « Common Science » by Carleton W. Washburne
  • "You are the talk of the town," he said, recovering his elasticity of spirit as he went on.
  • Extract from : « Romance » by Joseph Conrad and F.M. Hueffer
  • Ardour, elasticity, strength returned to the Army of the Shenandoah.
  • Extract from : « The Long Roll » by Mary Johnston

Synonyms for elasticity

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