Ability of a material to undergo stress, deform, and then recover and return to its original shape after the stress ceases. Once stress exceeds the yield stress or elastic limit of a material, permane [..]

The percentage change in one variable for a percentage change in another variable; a measure of how sensitive one variable is to a change in the value of another variable.

The tendency for a body to return to its original shape and size when a stress is removed.

1660s, from French élasticité, or else from elastic + -ity.

The degree that an economic variable changes in response to a change in another economic variable.

The relative response of one variable to changes in another variable. The phrase "relative response" is best interpreted as the percentage change. For example, the price elasticity of demand [..]

A measure of responsiveness of one economic variable to another -- often responsiveness of quantity to price along a supply or demand curve -- comparing percentage changes (%Δ) or changes in logarithm [..]

n. That property of matter by which a body tends to return to a former shape after being changed.

The ability of a material to return to its original form after a load has been removed.

Definition The degree to which a price change for an item results from a unit change in supply (called supply elasticity) or a unit change in demand (called demand elasticity). opposite of inelasticit [..]

Usually refers to price elasticity, the ratio of the responsiveness of quantity demanded, or supplied, to a change in price. European Community (EC--also commonly called the Community)

The degree to which stress-induced material deformation reverses in that material after the stress is removed. A "perfectly elastic" material completely returns to its original dimensions after stress is released.

  The ability of a body to regain its original shape after deformation.

The property of recovering original shape and dimensions upon removal of a deforming force.

The property of a material or body that enables it to return to (or near to) its original dimensions when the external agent causing its deformation is removed. Several types of elasticity can be defined, depending on the mode of deformation and on the origin of the driving force that restores the configuration. See enthalpic elasticity, entropy-do [..]

The tendency of a material to return to its original shape after deformation. Elastomer: A general term used to describe both natural and synthetic polymers possessing the resilience to return to ---its original shape after deformation. Elongation: Percentage increase in original length of a specimen produced by a tensile force applied to the speci [..]

Shorthand for price elasticity of demand; a measurement of the responsiveness of demand for a good in response to a change of price.

The ability of an object or material to resume its normal shape after being stretched or compressed; stretchiness.

The ability of an object to return to its original size or shape when the external forces producing distortion are removed.

property of a solid that enables it to regain its shape after it has been deformed or distorted

(physics)The property by virtue of which a material deformed under the load can regain its original dimensions when unloaded (economics)The sensitivity of changes in a quantity with respect to changes [..]

Elasticity is a measure of the responsiveness of one economic variable to another. For example, advertising elasticity is the relationship between a change in a firm's advertising budget an [..]

When used without a modifier (such as "cross", or "income"), elasticity usually refers to price elasticity which is the percentage change in quantity demanded of a [..]

The degree of responsiveness of on variable to changes in another.

The previous term for springiness (see below). Renamed due to existing terms in engineering and rheology.

(n) the tendency of a body to return to its original shape after it has been stretched or compressed

The property of certain materials that enables them to return to their original dimensions after an applied stress.

The property of a material which causes it to return to its original shape after deformation.

the property of a substance that enables it to resume its original shape or size when a distorting force is removed.

The elasticity of y with respect to x is the percent change in y with respect to the percent change in x, or ey|x = (dy/y)/(dx/x). An elasticity may be estimated at a point directly from a known funct [..]

The property that allows a material to deform under a load and return to its original shape after the load is removed.

The ability of a material to return to its original shape after it has been stretched.

A measure of the responsiveness of changes in one variable to changes in another. For example, if the price of a good rises, the demand for that good may fall. If the price increases by 1 per cent and sales fall by more than 1 per cent, demand for the good is said to be elastic. If sales fall by less than 1 per cent, demand for the good is inelasti [..]

Refers to the capability of a fabric or fiber to return to its original state after being stretched.  Double knits and spandex fabrics have high elasticity.

Resistance and recovery from distortion of shape.

Resistance and recovery from distortion of shape.

The property of stone to return to its former state after being depressed by the application of force.

One day in the winter of 1881–2 Alfred Marshall came down from the sunny rooftop of his hotel in Palermo ‘highly delighted’, for he had just invented ...

Formally invented by Marshall, the concept of elasticity of demand goes beyond the notion, which can be found in classical economics, that demand varies ...

A term used to describe the effects price, supply, and demand have on one another for a particular commodity. A commodity is said to have elastic demand when a price change affects the demand for that [..]

The hair’s ability to stretch without breaking and then return to its original shape.

The percent change in one variable given a 1% ceteris paribus

The unit or dollar sales shift in response to a change in price or other variables.

Capable of recovering shape after stretching; developed gluten in dough is elastic.

A measure of responsiveness. The responsiveness of behavior measured by variable Z to a change in environment variable Y is the change in Z observed in response to a change in Y. Specifically, this ap [..]

The tendency of a material to return to its original shape after it has been placed under stress.

is the ability of a material to return to its original dimensions after application of a force -> Elastane, Elastodien

Ability of a material to return to its original shape when load causing deformation is removed.   Elasticity is the ability to store and release energy with a spring-like sample response as described by Hook’s law of elasticity (e.g. perfectly rigid solids and springs behave as ‘Hookean’ solids). If the strain increases linearly with increasing app [..]

The hair’s ability to stretch without breaking and then return to its original shape.

The ability of a substance to return to its original state. The force-displacement characteristic of a material.

(physics) The property by virtue of which a material deformed under the load can regain its original dimensions when unloaded (economics) The sensitivity of changes in a quantity with respect to c [..]

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measures the percentage change that will occur in one variable in response to a one percentage change in another variable ceteris paribus.

A measure of the degree of responsiveness of one variable to changes in another. For example, the price elasticity of demand for a particular good is the relative degree of responsiveness of the quant [..]