elasticity
Collocations
3ADJ.
liquid, lost
VERB + ELASTICITY
demonstrating, given, lacks, price
ELASTICITY + NOUN
it's, polymer
Definitions
noun
The property by virtue of which a material deformed under load can regain its original dimensions when unloaded
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.
Given elasticity of demand, there is a strong argument that filling the millions of empty seats through lower fares could actually increase revenue.
A measure of the flexibility of a data store's data model and clustering capabilities.
A system's ability to adapt to changes in workload by automatically provisioning and de-provisioning resources.
The ratio of the relative change in a function's output with respect to the relative change in its input, for infinitesimal changes at a certain point.
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noun — the tendency of a body to return to its original shape after
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Example Bank
6If the sales of an item drop by 5% when the price increases by 10%, its price elasticity is −0.5.
WiktionaryGiven elasticity of demand, there is a strong argument that filling the millions of empty seats through lower fares could actually increase revenue.
WiktionaryHer elasticity allowed her to recover quickly.
WiktionaryThe waistband has lost its elasticity and now it's all crumbly and itchy.
Tatoeba · #717990This video shows hyperelastic bone being 3-D-printed into forms, absorbing liquid and demonstrating elasticity.
Tatoeba · #11175052This material lacks elasticity.
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