inelastic[adjective]Synonyms: stiff, immalleable, impliable, incompliant, inflexible, rigid, unbending, unflexible, unyielding
Antonyms: elastic
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inelastic adjective. [ɪnɪ'lastɪk] M18.[from
IN-3 +
ELASTIC adjective.]
1. Not elastic or resilient, either rigid or plastic.
M18.b.
Physics. Of a collision or scattering (esp. of subatomic particles): involving a reduction in total translational kinetic energy of the bodies or particles colliding.
M19.2.
fig. Not adaptable; inflexible, unyielding.
M19.Spectator The House of Lords show not firmness..but inelastic obstinacy and obstructiveness. ■ G. S. Fraser Jonson with his strong..but inelastic mind would shy away from Donne's agility in paradox.b.
Economics. Of demand or supply: unresponsive to, or varying less than in proportion to, changes in price.
L19.Lancet Demand for cigarettes is inelastic...If prices rise by 1% demand falls, but by..less than 1%. ■ inelastically
adverb M20. ■ inelasticity
[,ɪnɪla'stɪsɪti] noun the quality or condition of being inelastic; an instance of this:
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