elasticity

English

Etymology

From elastic +‎ -ity.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ɪ.læsˈtɪs.ɪ.ti/

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• (US) IPA^(key): /ɪ.læsˈtɪs.ɪ.ti/, [ɪ.læsˈtɪs.ɪ.ɾi], /ɛl.æsˈtɪs.ɪ.ti/, [ɛɫ.æsˈtɪs.ɪ.ɾi]

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• Rhymes: -ɪsɪti

Noun

elasticity (countable and uncountable, plural elasticities)

1. (physics) The property by virtue of which a material deformed under load can regain its original dimensions when unloaded
2. (economics) The sensitivity of changes in a quantity with respect to changes in another quantity.

   If the sales of an item drop by 5% when the price increases by 10%, its price elasticity is −0.5.

   • 2022 November 30, Anthony Lambert, “Rail fares fit for the 21st century”, in RAIL, number 971, page 43:

     Given elasticity of demand, there is a strong argument that filling the millions of empty seats through lower fares could actually increase revenue.

3. (computing) A measure of the flexibility of a data store's data model and clustering capabilities.
4. (computing) A system's ability to adapt to changes in workload by automatically provisioning and de-provisioning resources.
5. (mathematics) The ratio of the relative change in a function's output with respect to the relative change in its input, for infinitesimal changes at a certain point.

   Synonym: point elasticity

6. The quality of being elastic.
7. Adaptability.

   Her elasticity allowed her to recover quickly.

   • 1912, Arthur Conan Doyle, The Lost World […], London; New York, N.Y.: Hodder and Stoughton, →OCLC:

     "I'll have a try at it, Gladys, if you will only give me an idea what would please you." She laughed at the elasticity of my character.

Derived terms

• aeroelasticity
• aero-servo-elasticity
• aerothermoelasticity
• arc elasticity
• cross elasticity of demand
• cross-price elasticity of demand
• elasticity coefficient
• ferroelasticity
• hydroelasticity
• hyperelasticity
• hypoelasticity
• income elasticity of demand
• inelasticity
• magnetoelasticity
• magneto-electro-thermo-elasticity
• modulus of elasticity
• nonelasticity
• photoelasticity
• poroelasticity
• price elasticity of demand
• price elasticity of supply
• pseudoelasticity
• semi-elasticity
• superelasticity
• thermo-electro-magneto-elasticity
• unelasticity
• viscoelasticity

 

Translations

physics: property by which a material can regain its original dimensions

• Armenian: առաձգականություն (hy) (aṙajgakanutʻyun)
• Bulgarian: еластичност (bg) f (elastičnost)
• Catalan: elasticitat f
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 彈性／弹性 (daan⁶ sing³)

  Mandarin: 彈性／弹性 (zh) (tánxìng)

• Czech: pružnost (cs) f
• Danish: elasticitet c
• Dutch: elasticiteit (nl) f
• Finnish: kimmoisuus (fi), elastisuus (fi)
• French: élasticité (fr) f
• Galician: elasticidade (gl) f
• Georgian: მოქნილობა (mokniloba), ელასტიურობა (elasṭiuroba), დრეკადობა (dreḳadoba)
• German: Elastizität (de) f
• Hebrew: גְּמִישׁוּת (he) f (gmishút)
• Hindi: प्रत्यास्थता (pratyāsthatā)
• Hungarian: rugalmasság (hu), ruganyosság (hu)
• Indonesian: keelastisan (id), elastisitas (id)
• Irish: leaisteachas m
• Italian: elasticità (it) f
• Japanese: 弾力性 (ja) (だんりょくせい, danryokusei), 弾性 (ja) (だんせい, dansei)
• Kazakh: икемділік (ikemdılık), серпімділік (serpımdılık)
• Korean: 탄력성 (ko) (tallyeokseong)
• Malay: kekenyalan, keanjalan, keelastikan
• Manx: spinney m
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: elastisitet m

  Nynorsk: elastisitet m

• Polish: sprężystość (pl) f, elastyczność (pl) f
• Portuguese: elasticidade (pt) f
• Romanian: elasticitate (ro) f
• Russian: эласти́чность (ru) f (elastíčnostʹ)
• Spanish: elasticidad (es) f
• Swedish: elasticitet (sv) c, tänjbarhet (sv) c, töjbarhet (sv) c
• Tagalog: naynay
• Telugu: స్థితిస్థాపకత (te) (sthitisthāpakata)
• Thai: สภาพยืดหยุ่น (sà-pâap-yʉ̂ʉt-yùn)
• Turkish: esneklik (tr), elastikiyet (tr), elastisite

economics: sensitivity of a variable to changes in another variable

• Armenian: առաձգականություն (hy) (aṙajgakanutʻyun)
• Finnish: jousto (fi)
• French: élasticité (fr)
• Galician: elasticidade (gl) f
• Hungarian: rugalmasság (hu)
• Irish: leaisteachas m
• Thai: ความยืดหยุ่น (kwaam-yʉ̂ʉt-yùn)
• Ukrainian: еластичність (uk) f (elastyčnistʹ)

quality of being elastic

• Armenian: առաձգականություն (hy) (aṙajgakanutʻyun)
• Bulgarian: еластичност (bg) f (elastičnost)
• Catalan: elasticitat f
• Danish: elasticitet c
• Finnish: joustavuus (fi), kimmoisuus (fi), elastisuus (fi)
• Galician: elasticidade (gl) f
• German: Elastizität (de) f
• Greek: ελαστικότητα (el) f (elastikótita)
• Irish: leaisteachas m
• Manx: so-lhoobaght f, spinney m
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: elastisitet m

  Nynorsk: elastisitet m

• Portuguese: elasticidade (pt) f
• Romanian: elasticitate (ro) f
• Russian: упру́гость (ru) f (uprúgostʹ), эласти́чность (ru) f (elastíčnostʹ)
• Spanish: elasticidad (es) f
• Tagalog: paigkas, balintang
• Thai: ความยืดหยุ่น (kwaam-yʉ̂ʉt-yùn)

adaptability — see adaptability