elasticity

English

elasticity (countable and uncountable, plural elasticities)

(physics) The property by virtue of which a material deformed under load can regain its original dimensions when unloaded
(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.
The quality of being elastic.
Adaptability.
Her elasticity allowed her to recover quickly.

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

Armenian: առաձգականություն (hy) (aṙajgakanutʿyun)
Bulgarian: еластичност (bg) f (elastičnost)
Catalan: elasticitat f
Chinese:
Cantonese: 彈性, 弹性 (daan⁶ sing³)

Mandarin: 彈性 (zh), 弹性 (zh) (tánxìng)
Czech: pružnost (cs) f
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)
Indonesian: keelastisan (id), elastisitas (id)
Irish: leaisteachas m

economics: sensitivity of a variable to changes in another variable

quality of being elastic

adaptability — see adaptability

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