Elastic
[ɪ'læstɪk]
Definition
(noun.) a fabric made of yarns containing an elastic material.
(adj.) capable of resuming original shape after stretching or compression; springy; 'an elastic band'; 'a youthful and elastic walk' .
(adj.) able to adjust readily to different conditions; 'an adaptable person'; 'a flexible personality'; 'an elastic clause in a contract' .
Checker: Patrice--From WordNet
Definition
(a.) Springing back; having a power or inherent property of returning to the form from which a substance is bent, drawn, pressed, or twisted; springy; having the power of rebounding; as, a bow is elastic; the air is elastic; India rubber is elastic.
(a.) Able to return quickly to a former state or condition, after being depressed or overtaxed; having power to recover easily from shocks and trials; as, elastic spirits; an elastic constitution.
(n.) An elastic woven fabric, as a belt, braces or suspenders, etc., made in part of India rubber.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
a. Springy, rebounding, resilient, recoiling.
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Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Ductile, extensile, alterable, resilient, modifiable, flexible, buoyant,springy
ANT:Tough, unchangeable, rigid, inflexible, inelastic, crystallized, dull, inert
Typist: Phil
Definition
adj. having a tendency to recover the original form: springy: able to recover quickly a former state or condition after a shock: flexible: yielding.—n. a piece of string cord &c. made elastic by having india-rubber woven in it.—adv. Elas′tically.—ns. Elastic′ity springiness: power to recover from depression; Elas′ticness.
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Examples
- He knew that Mrs. Reggie didn't object to her visitors' suddenly changing their minds, and that there was always a room to spare in her elastic house. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
- The explanation of this well-known fact is found in a further study of the elastic balls (Fig. 170). Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- As her once elastic walk had become deadened by time, so had her natural pride of life been hindered in its blooming by her necessities. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- Her constitution is both sound and elastic;--better calculated to endure variations of climate than many more robust. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- It was metal, ‘elastic metal,’ as Daniel Webster termed it, that could be wound round the finger, or tied into a knot, and which preserved its elasticity like steel. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- Now Dalton's master had taught that the atoms of matter in a gas (elastic fluid) repel one another by a force increasing in proport ion as their distance diminishes. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- Mrs. Micawber was quite as elastic. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- Above all, the intellectual element in a habit fixes the relation of the habit to varied and elastic use, and hence to continued growth. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- Trifling variations in the ingredients, in the proportion and in the heating, made it either pliable as kid, tougher than ox hide, as elastic as whalebone, or as rigid as flint. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- Believe me, sweet, I could weep to a degree that would astonish and confound such an elastic mind as yours. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- His spirits were elastic; his good-humour was restored. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- All about her seemed elastic; depression, fear, forlornness, were withdrawn. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- Vulcanization is simply the heating of the rubber mixed with sulphur--this causes a chemical change in the substance; it becomes tougher, more elastic and less affected by heat and cold. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- The fact that air is elastic has added materially to the comfort of the world. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- If such a condition as failure of the pump to work for ten minutes had arisen during a descent in the old elastic diving dress the result must necessarily have been fatal. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
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