Elasticity: meaning, example and synonyms
Elasticityn. The ability to stretch or change and then return to the original shape or state.
Example
The cables survived the earthquake because of their elasticity, stretching under its force and then returning to their original length.
- Part of speech
- noun
- Synonyms
- flexibility, springiness, resilience, stretchiness
- Antonyms
- rigidity, stiffness, inflexibility
- Memory tip
- Think of an elastic band: elasticity is the power to stretch and snap back.
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Check yourself: Elasticity in context
Healthy arteries owe their ______ to fibers that let the vessel walls expand with each heartbeat and then contract to their resting width.
Answer: elasticity. Walls that expand and return to their width show elasticity. Reverence, dearth and fabrication don't describe stretching and springing back.
As skin ages, it loses much of its ______, so a pinched fold that once sprang back instantly may linger for several seconds.
Answer: elasticity. Springing back after being pinched is elasticity. Magnitude, exactitude and reverence aren't properties that let skin snap back.