inelasticity (HyperDic hyper-dictionary)

English > 1 sense of the word *inelasticity*:
NOUN	attribute	inelasticity	the lack of elasticity

English > *inelasticity*: 1 sense > noun 1, attribute
Meaning	The lack of elasticity.
Narrower	deadness	The physical property of something that has lost its elasticity
	rigidity, rigidness	The physical property of being stiff and resisting bending
	stiffness	The physical property of being inflexible and hard to bend
Broader	physical property	Any property used to characterize matter and energy and their interactions
Opposite	elasticity, snap	The tendency of a body to return to its original shape after it has been stretched or compressed
Spanish	inelasticidad
Catalan	inelasticitat
Adjectives	inelastic	not elastic

HyperDic: inelasticity