elasticity
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“Following the Middle East disruption, supply elasticity has fallen across the system as China remains capped and ex-China supply growth is insufficient to offset ongoing deficits,” Citi said.
From MarketWatch • May 19, 2026
They suggest “increased demand elasticity in the current cycle from higher fuel prices and a weakening consumer environment,” analyst Anthony Moulder says.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 10, 2026
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
At the beginning of this century, for example, it was thought that everything could be explained in terms of the properties of continuous matter, such as elasticity and heat conduction.
From "A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays" by Stephen Hawking
Vocabulary lists containing elasticity
Force and Motion (Mechanics) - Middle School
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Force and Motion (Mechanics) - Introductory
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Engineering - Introductory
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