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inelasticity en · NOUN

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Italic *n̥- Latin in-bor. Middle English in- English in- French élastiquebor. English elastic Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-ts Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ts Latin -itāsder. Old French -itebor. Middle English -ite English -ity English elasticity English inelasticity From in- + elasticity.

Meanings

  1. (uncountable, usually) The quality of being inflexible.
  2. (uncountable, usually) The insensitivity of changes in a quantity with respect to changes in another quantity.

Forms

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Synonyms

stiffness · rigidity

Translations (2)

fi epäelastisuus (quality of not being elastic) · fr inélasticité (quality of not being elastic)