elastic
Part of speech: adj
noun
Morphological type: simple
Topics: economics
sciences
Etymology: Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *h₁elh₂-
Proto-Indo-European *h₁l̥h₂-tósder.
Ancient Greek ἐλᾰστός (elăstós)
Proto-Indo-European *-ikos
Proto-Italic *-ikos
New Latin -icus
New Latin elasticusbor.
French élastiquebor.
English elastic
From French élastique, from New Latin elasticus (“elastic”), from Ancient Greek ἐλαστός (elastós), alternative form of ἐλατός (elatós, “ductile”) (cf. ἐλατήρ (elatḗr, “a driver, hurler”)), from ἐλαύνω (elaúnō, “to drive, set in motion, push, strike, beat out”).
Inflected forms:
form: more elastic
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most elastic
pos: adj
tags: superlative
form: elastick
pos: adj
tags: alternative
obsolete
form: elastics
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: elastick
pos: noun
tags: alternative
obsolete
Senses:
gloss: Capable of stretching; particularly, capable of stretching so as to return to an original shape or size when force is released.
pos: adj
examples: The rope is somewhat elastic, so expect it to give when you pull on it.
In trumpets for assisting the hearing, all reverbation of the trumpet must be avoided. It must be made thick, of the least elastic materials, and covered with cloth externally. For all reverbation lasts for a short time, and produces new sounds which mix with those which are coming in.
gloss: Made of elastic.
pos: adj
examples: elastic band
gloss: Of clothing, elasticated.
pos: adj
gloss: Sensitive to changes in price.
pos: adj
examples: Demand for entertainment is more elastic than demand for energy.
gloss: springy; bouncy; vivacious
pos: adj
examples: He could see that she was tastefully, though not richly, dressed, and that she walked with an elastic step that revealed a light heart and the vigor of perfect health. Her face, of course, he could not analyze, since he had caught only the one brief but convincing glimpse of it.
gloss: Pervasive, all-encompassing.
pos: adj
examples: It was now about six o'clock, and that first freshness was on the air, which is to the day what youth is to life,—so light, so elastic, so sweet, and so brief:...
gloss: Able to return quickly to a former state or condition, after being depressed or overtaxed; having power to recover easily from shocks and trials.
pos: adj
examples: elastic spirits; an elastic constitution
gloss: An elastic material used in clothing, particularly in waistbands and cuffs.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
examples: running shorts use elastic to eliminate the need for a belt
gloss: An elastic band.
pos: noun
tags: Canada
countable
gloss: Specifically, a hair tie.
pos: noun
tags: Northeastern
US
countable
uncountable
Synonyms: stretchy
stretchable
resilient
Antonyms: anelastic
inelastic
nonelastic
Derived words: acoustoelastic
aeroelastic
aero-hydro-servo-elastic
aero-servo-elastic
aero-servo-hydro-elastic
cytoelastic
elastance
elastane
elastically
elasticate
elasticated
elastic band
elastic collision
elastic deformation
elastic energy
elastic fiber
elasticin
elasticise
elasticity
elasticization
elasticize
elasticky
elastic limit
elasticness
elastic recovery
elastic-sided
elastic sides
elastic-sides
elastin
elasto-
elastomer
elastosis
elastration
ferroelastic
fibroelastic
fluid-elastic
hydroelastic
hyperelastic
hypoelastic
income-elastic
isoelastic
magnetelastic
magnetoelastic
magneto-electro-thermo-elastic
magneto-thermo-electro-elastic
mechanoelastic
microelastic
monoelastic
morphoelastic
musculo-elastic
musculoelastic
myoelastic
perfectly elastic supply
photoelastic
piezoelastic
piezomagnetoelastic
poroelastic
porohyperelastic
poroviscoelastic
pseudoelastic
quasielastic
semielastic
silicoelastic
superelastic
thermoelastic
thermo-electro-magneto-elastic
thermoviscoelastic
unelastic
viscoelastic
visco-elastic-plastic
gum elastic
hair elastic
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