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noun
The quality of being inflexible.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable, usually
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noun
The insensitivity of changes in a quantity with respect to changes in another quantity.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable, usually
Topics: economics, sciences
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noun
the lack of elasticity
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: elasticity
Broader terms: physical property
Narrower terms: deadness, stiffness, rigidity, rigidness
History
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.
Across languages
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