elasticity
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They suggest “increased demand elasticity in the current cycle from higher fuel prices and a weakening consumer environment,” analyst Anthony Moulder says.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 10, 2026
Both broke at the same critical stress point, suggesting that elasticity is not responsible for the fracture behavior in simple liquids.
From Science Daily • Mar. 30, 2026
The beauty of a sheet pan dinner is its elasticity — it flexes up and down depending on what’s in your pantry and how much energy you have left at 6:42 p.m.
From Salon • Mar. 23, 2026
What it comes down to, and both Brooks and Krugman were in agreement on this, is price elasticity.
From MarketWatch • Mar. 23, 2026
On the scientific side, apart from the work on gravity, in 1678 Hooke came up with his best-known piece of work, the discovery of the law of elasticity which bears his name.
From "The Scientists" by John Gribbin
Vocabulary lists containing elasticity
Force and Motion (Mechanics) - Middle School
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Force and Motion (Mechanics) - Introductory
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Engineering - Introductory
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