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inelasticity

noun

Etymology

From in- + elasticity.

  1. derived from ἐλαστός
  2. derived from elasticus
  3. borrowed from élastique
  4. formed as elasticity — “elastic + -ity”
  5. prefixed as inelasticity — “in + elasticity”

Definitions

  1. The quality of being inflexible.

  2. The insensitivity of changes in a quantity with respect to changes in another quantity.

The neighborhood

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA