elasticity

Roget category 325

3. Words relating to matter
› 3.2. Inorganic matter
›› 3.2.1. Solid matter

#325. Elasticity

noun

elasticity, springiness, spring, resilience, renitency, buoyancy.
rubber, India rubber, Indian rubber, latex, caoutchouc, whalebone, gum elastic, baleen, natural rubber — neoprene, synthetic rubber, Buna-S, plastic.
flexibility, Young's modulus.

verb

stretch, flex, extend, distend, be elastic etc. adj. — bounce, spring back etc. (recoil) 277.

adjective

elastic, flexible, tensile, spring, resilient, renitent, buoyant — ductile, stretchable, extendable.

phrase

the stress is proportional to the strain.

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