- inelastic vs elastic
- nonresilient
onresilient adj.
Not rebounding with the normal or expected velocity.
[Narrower terms: {inelastic (vs. elastic)}]
Syn: dead. [WordNet 1.5]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.
inelastic vs elastic
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Inelastic electron tunneling spectroscopy — (IETS) is an experimental tool for studying the vibrations of molecular adsorbates on metal oxides. It yields vibrational spectra of the adsorbates with high resolution ( … Wikipedia
inelastic — in‧elas‧tic [ˌɪnɪˈlæstɪk◂] adjective ECONOMICS used to say that a change in something, for example, the price of a product, makes another thing, for example the demand for it, change by only a small amount: • Coffee is a fairly inelastic… … Financial and business terms
inelastic demand — ➔ demand * * * inelastic demand UK US noun [U] ECONOMICS ► the situation in which a change in a product s price causes very little change in the amount of the product that is sold: » Gasoline is a commodity with inelastic demand, he said. →… … Financial and business terms
elastic demand — ➔ demand * * * elastic demand UK US noun [U] ► ECONOMICS a situation in which a change in a product s price causes a big change in the number of products sold: »Commodities that are likely to have many substitutes, such as public transportation… … Financial and business terms
inelastic — (adj.) 1748, from IN (Cf. in ) (1) not, opposite of + ELASTIC (Cf. elastic). Figurative use attested by 1867 … Etymology dictionary
Inelastic — In e*las tic, a. 1. Not elastic. [1913 Webster] 2. (Economics) reacting little to changing price; of demand; as, Potatoes have an inelastic demand. [PJC] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
elastic — [adj1] pliant, rubbery adaptable, bouncy, buoyant, ductile, extendible, extensible, flexible, irrepressible, limber, lithe, malleable, moldable, plastic, pliable, resilient, rubberlike, springy, stretchable, stretchy, supple, tempered, yielding;… … New thesaurus
inelastic — [in΄ē las′tik, in΄i las′tik] adj. 1. not elastic; inflexible, rigid, unyielding, unadaptable, etc. 2. Econ. not responding to changes in price: said of the demand for, or supply of, particular goods or services inelasticity [in΄ē΄las tis′ə tē] n … English World dictionary
Inelastic collision — An inelastic collision is a collision in which kinetic energy is not conserved (see elastic collision).In collisions of macroscopic bodies, some kinetic energy is turned into vibrational energy of the atoms, causing a heating effect.The molecules … Wikipedia
Inelastic scattering — In particle physics and chemistry, inelastic scattering is a fundamental scattering process in which the kinetic energy of an incident particle is not conserved (in contrast to elastic scattering). In an inelastic scattering process, some of the… … Wikipedia
