elasticity

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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

"Then there is a sort of price elasticity tolerance that if you put it up too much, no-one's going to pay it," she says.

From BBC • Mar. 20, 2026

His face had a strange elasticity: It would be slack and expressionless one minute, only to twist suddenly into a gaping, oversize grin that distorted his features and exposed a mouthful of horsy teeth.

From "Into the Wild" by Jon Krakauer