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What is the adjective for elasticity?

What's the adjective for elasticity? Here's the word you're looking for.

Included below are past participle and present participle forms for the verbs elasticize, elasticate and elasticise which may be used as adjectives within certain contexts.

elastic

Capable of stretching; particularly, capable of stretching so as to return to an original shape or size when force is released.
Made of elastic.
Of clothing, elasticated.
(economics) Sensitive to changes in price.
springy; bouncy; vivacious
Able to return quickly to a former state or condition, after being depressed or overtaxed; having power to recover easily from shocks and trials.
Synonyms:

flexible, pliable, supple, pliant, stretchable, springy, plastic, rubbery, stretchy, moldable, ductile, whippy, rubberlike, tensile, bouncy, resilient, stretch, yielding, extensible, rebounding, elasticated, tensible, expandable, recoiling, extendible, malleable, bendable, soft, workable, bendy, tractile, tractable, mouldable, flexile, adaptable, shapable, limber, spongy, lithe, bending, lissom, flexuous, fictile, shapeable, lithesome, lissome, rubber, waxy, transformable, squashy … more

Examples:

“Overlying elastic material derived from the volcanic rocks is estimated to be of Late Devonian to Early Carboniferous age.”

“It has to be elastic enough to take account of unpredictable events, and it still has to allow for editors to have the freedom to be wrong.”

“She walked with an elastic step that revealed a light heart and the vigor of perfect health.”

elasticated

Of clothing or part of a garment, containing a strip or strips of elastic, especially in the waistband, cuffs or the ends of the legs, in order to make the clothing fit snugly.
Synonyms:

elastic, flexible, pliable, supple, pliant, stretchable, springy, plastic, rubbery, stretchy, moldable, ductile, whippy, rubberlike, tensile, bouncy, resilient, stretch, yielding, extensible, rebounding, tensible, expandable, recoiling, extendible, expanding, elasticized, malleable, bendable, soft, workable, bendy, tractile, tractable, mouldable, flexile, adaptable, shapable, limber, spongy, lithe, bending, lissom, flexuous, fictile, shapeable, lithesome, lissome, rubber, waxy … more

Examples:

“He wore a black balaclava, black waterproof jacket and jogging bottoms with elasticated ankles and light blue trainers with moulded grey soles.”

“Some elasticated cotton or fine copper rigging wire can help with the bait presentation.”

“I rush inside and tear off an elasticated corner from the sheet Sam burned, then grab a small tapestry-covered square cushion from the settee.”

elastohydrodynamic

Describing the effects of the elastic properties of a liquid on its dynamic behaviour

elasticky

Resembling or characteristic of elastic, especially in being stretchy.

elastoviscous

(physics) viscous, but deforming elastically under short-duration stresses

elastomechanical

(physics) Pertaining to the mechanical properties of elastic materials.

elastolytic

(biochemistry) That breaks down the protein of elastic tissue

elastofluidic

Pertaining to a combination of elastic and fluidic properties.

elastocapillary

That involves both elastic and capillary forces or effects

elastoviscoplastic

(physics) Both elastic and viscoplastic

elastodynamic

Of or pertaining to elastodynamics.

elastomeric

Of, pertaining to, or containing elastomers.
Examples:

“They are based on nitro cellulose or polyvinyl acetate, normally elastomeric products, dispersed in solvent.”

“The axle housing is a square carbon fiber tube containing individual elastomeric elements on a splined shaft.”

“Potential uses for elastomeric products with the silver-based biocide include seals, gaskets, O-rings, casters, diaphragms, liners, and tubing.”

elastostatic

Of or pertaining to elastostatics

elastoplastic

Exhibiting elastoplasticity

elastofluid

(physics) Both elastic and fluid

elastographic

Relating to elastography.

elastotic

Relating to elastosis.

elastick

Obsolete form of elastic.

elastical

Archaic form of elastic.

elasticized

simple past tense and past participle of elasticize
Examples:

“The yoga pants were made from an elasticized fabric, allowing for maximum movement and comfort during workouts.”

elasticizing

present participle of elasticize

elasticating

present participle of elasticate

elasticised

simple past tense and past participle of elasticise

elasticising

present participle of elasticise

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