elastic : Idioms & Phrases

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elastic band

  • noun a narrow band of elastic rubber used to hold things (such as papers) together
    rubber band; elastic.
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elastic bandage

  • noun a bandage containing stretchable material that can apply local pressure
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Elastic bitumen

  • . (Min.) See Elaterite.
Webster 1913

Elastic curve

  • . (a) (Geom.) The curve made by a thin elastic rod fixed horizontally at one end and loaded at the other. (b) (Mech.) The figure assumed by the longitudinal axis of an originally straight bar under any system of bending forces. Rankine.
Webster 1913

elastic device

  • noun any flexible device that will return to its original shape when stretched
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elastic energy

  • noun potential energy that is stored when a body is deformed (as in a coiled spring)
    elastic energy.
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Elastic fluids

  • those which have the property of expanding in all directions on the removal of external pressure, as the air, steam, and other gases and vapors.
Webster 1913

Elastic limit

  • (Mech.), the limit of distortion, by bending, stretching, etc., that a body can undergo and yet return to its original form when relieved from stress; also, the unit force or stress required to produce this distortion. Within the elastic limit the distortion is directly proportional to the stress producing it.
Webster 1913

elastic modulus

  • noun (physics) the ratio of the applied stress to the change in shape of an elastic body
    coefficient of elasticity; modulus of elasticity.
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elastic potential energy

  • noun potential energy that is stored when a body is deformed (as in a coiled spring)
    elastic energy.
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Elastic tissue

  • noun connective tissue consisting chiefly of elastic fibers found in the dermis of the skin and in the walls of veins and arteries and in some tendons and ligaments
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  • (Anat.), a variety of connective tissue consisting of a network of slender and very elastic fibers which are but slightly affected by acids or alkalies.
Webster 1913

Gum elastic

  • noun an elastic material obtained from the latex sap of trees (especially trees of the genera Hevea and Ficus) that can be vulcanized and finished into a variety of products
    rubber; caoutchouc; natural rubber; India rubber.
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  • caoutchouc.
Webster 1913

Gum elastic, Elastic gum

  • . See Caoutchouc.
Webster 1913