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ELASTIC
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A fabric made of yarns containing an elastic material
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("elastic" is a kind of...):
cloth; fabric; material; textile (artifact made by weaving or felting or knitting or crocheting natural or synthetic fibers)
Derivation:
elastic (capable of resuming original shape after stretching or compression; springy)
Sense 2
Meaning:
A narrow band of elastic rubber used to hold things (such as papers) together
Synonyms:
elastic; elastic band; rubber band
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("elastic" is a kind of...):
band (a thin flat strip of flexible material that is worn around the body or one of the limbs (especially to decorate the body))
elastic device (any flexible device that will return to its original shape when stretched)
Derivation:
elastic (capable of resuming original shape after stretching or compression; springy)
II. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Capable of resuming original shape after stretching or compression; springy
Example:
a youthful and elastic walk
Classified under:
Similar:
bouncy; live; lively; resilient; springy (elastic; rebounds readily)
chewy ((of a consistency) requiring chewing)
elasticised; elasticized (made with strands or inserts of elastic)
expandable; expandible; expansible; expansile ((of gases) capable of expansion)
fictile; moldable; plastic (capable of being molded or modeled (especially of earth or clay or other soft material))
flexible; whippy (bending and snapping back readily without breaking)
rubberlike; rubbery (having an elastic texture resembling rubber in flexibility or toughness)
springlike (resembling a spring or the action of a spring)
stretch (easily stretched)
stretchable; stretchy (capable of being easily stretched and resuming former size or shape)
viscoelastic (having viscous as well as elastic properties)
Also:
flexible; flexile (able to flex; able to bend easily)
Antonym:
inelastic (not elastic)
Derivation:
elastic (a fabric made of yarns containing an elastic material)
elastic (a narrow band of elastic rubber used to hold things (such as papers) together)
elasticity (the tendency of a body to return to its original shape after it has been stretched or compressed)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Able to adjust readily to different conditions
Example:
an elastic clause in a contract
Synonyms:
elastic; flexible; pliable; pliant
Classified under:
Similar:
adaptable (capable of adapting (of becoming or being made suitable) to a particular situation or use)
Context examples:
Irregular connective tissue, the intercellular matrix of which contains a sparse irregular network of collagen and elastic fiber bundles.
(Loose Connective Tissue, NCI Thesaurus)
A transparent, elastic membrane that encloses the lens of the eye.
(Lens Capsule, NCI Thesaurus)
An elastic, fibrous tissue connecting the superior horn of the thyroid cartilage and the tip of the greater horn of the hyoid cartilage.
(Lateral Thyrohyoid Ligament, NCI Thesaurus)
A tight-fitting, elastic garment, such as a sleeve or stocking.
(Compression garment, NCI Dictionary)
A congenital or acquired disorder affecting the elastic fibers of the skin.
(Cutis Laxa, NCI Thesaurus)
In an instant I had caught him round the waist, and held him up while Holmes and Pycroft untied the elastic bands which had disappeared between the livid creases of skin.
(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
There are three types of cartilage; namely elastic, hyaline, and fibrocartilage.
(Cartilage, NCI Thesaurus)
'It turns out - if our results are correct - the inner core shares some similar elastic properties with gold and platinum.
(Earth's Core Confirmed to Be Solid After 80 Years of Study, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)
Mrs. Micawber was quite as elastic.
(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)
When the material is heated above 32C, the nanoparticles store large amounts of elastic energy in a fraction of a second, as the polymer coatings expel all the water and collapse.
(Colour-changing artificial ‘chameleon skin’ powered by nanomachines, University of Cambridge)
