elastic's Usage Examples:

In this case the motion at la is that of elastic switching.

This movement is resisted by the torsional elasticity of the suspending wire, and hence a fixed indicating needle attached to the movable system can be made to indicate directly on a scale, the difference of potential between the terminals of the instrument in volts.

a b, e f, tapering elastic rods form flapped in an upward and downward direction.

Energyzer strap: The name says it all--a 55 millimeter strap with elastic properties provides the skier progressive flex and rebound capabilities.

Long-sleeved with a low front and O-ring jointure, plus an elastic waistband makes it a sexy yet useful and comfortable piece to slip on, whether you are keeping off the worst of the sun or a touch of chill.

To these is attached the powerful elastic ligament (ligamentum nuchae, or " paxwax ") which, passing forwards in the middle line of the neck above the neural arches of the cervical vertebrae - to which it is also connected - is attached to the occiput and supports the weight of the head.

viscoelastic behavior of the model.

In order to meet these peculiarities the travelling organs of aquatic and flying animals (whether they be feet, fins, flippers or wings) are made not of rigid but of elastic materials.

Water is comparatively very heavy, inelastic and incompressible; air, on the other hand, is comparatively very light, elastic and compressible.

Unlike elastic waistbands, which are better used on toddler pants, adjustable waistbands are usually invisible because they're located inside the pants.

The idea of MacCullagh's aether, and its property of purely rotational elasticity which had been expounded objectively by W.

Synonyms:

rubbery, stretchable, bouncy, moldable, plastic, lively, elasticised, viscoelastic, whippy, rubberlike, expandable, stretch, fictile, live, expansile, resilient, springy, elasticized, flexible, stretchy, expansible, chewy, springlike, flexile, expandible,

Antonyms:

uncompromising, tender, unexpansive, inflexible, inelastic,