Synonym: adaptable, flexible, pliable, rubber band, yielding. Antonym: rigid, stiff. Similar words: inelastic demand, price elasticity, plastic, the last straw, The last rites, lasting, everlasting, drastic. Meaning: [ɪ'læstɪk] n. 1. a narrow band of elastic rubber used to hold things (such as papers) together 2. a fabric made of yarns containing an elastic material. adj. 1. capable of resuming original shape after stretching or compression; springy 2. able to adjust readily to different conditions.
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31. The line back to childhood memories is elastic.
32. Children's bones are far more elastic than adults'.
33. This will keep the muscle fibres mobile and elastic.
34. Draw string elasticated waist, gripped elastic legs.
35. Supposing that that ball were perfectly elastic.
36. The curd is truly tough and elastic.
37. Miss Selfridge, kitten-heeled slingbacks with elastic front, £29.99.
38. Arteries become less elastic and harder.
39. In isotropic materials only 2 elastic constants are required.
40. For an isotropic material G and K are the two independent elastic constants.
41. Damp casein is very like damp cheese and its elastic behaviour is anything but Hookean.
42. This extra borrowing from banks will reduce the overall fall in demand for bank loans, thus making the demand less elastic.
43. Elastic curve matching has also been applied to cursive script recognition.
44. Concavity and negative forms are associated with elastic orifices, suction, closure and decline.
45. They are termed anisotropic materials and require the measurement of several elastic moduli for their proper specification.
46. It is useful to use that very fine elastic on the zig-zag, the two circular rows and the following one.
47. This formula differs somewhat from the classical Hertz expression for elastic deformation of a plane by a rigid sphere.
48. Then he starts to loop his hair into an elastic band first thing every morning.
49. The density and elastic properties of rock are both important in affecting the passage of seismic waves.
50. Knead for 10 to 12 minutes till dough is soft and elastic,[www.Sentencedict.com] tacky but not sticky.
51. Pizza also serves as a universal and very elastic unit of measure.
52. As the cylinder descends into deeper air, axial stress increases until elastic failure occurs.
53. Over the next two years, Congress learned that rich people do not have to buy yachts; their demand is elastic.
54. Alternatively you can feed the elastic through the carriage from the floor.
55. Her elastic voice easily negotiated some truly devious melodies, somehow managing to sound joyful and heartbroken at the same time.
56. An abdominal binder and elastic hose are helpful in the milder cases.
57. The cylinders were intended to give control over the elastic characteristics of the haulage system.
58. It is worth buying covered elastic bands or using a ribbon.
59. The cheese will disappear in the dough, becoming part of the elastic texture.
60. Buttons are fiddly so look out for ones sewn on to elastic loops.
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