n05020358
type | n |
lex_filenum | 07 |
def | the tendency of a body to return to its original shape after it has been stretched or compressed |
examples | the waistband had lost its snap |
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Hypernym | physical property |
Derivationally related form | elasticity → elastic |
Antonym | elasticity → inelasticity |
Hyponym | resilience, resiliency; bounce, bounciness; give, spring, springiness; stretch, stretchiness, stretchability; temper, toughness; elasticity of shear |
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Derivationally related form | elastic → elasticity |
Hyponym | physical property |
Hypernym | resilience, resiliency; bounce, bounciness; give, spring, springiness; stretch, stretchiness, stretchability; temper, toughness; elasticity of shear |
Antonym | inelasticity → elasticity |
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