ELASTIC
\ɪlˈastɪk], \ɪlˈastɪk], \ɪ_l_ˈa_s_t_ɪ_k]\
Definitions of ELASTIC
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1920 - A practical medical dictionary.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
- 1898 - American pocket medical dictionary
- 1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary
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a narrow band of elastic rubber used to hold things (such as papers) together
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capable of resuming original shape after stretching or compression; springy; "an elastic band"; "a youthful and elastic walk"
By Princeton University
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a narrow band of elastic rubber used to hold things (such as papers) together
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capable of resuming original shape after stretching or compression; springy; "an elastic band"; "a youthful and elastic walk"
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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Springing back; having a power or inherent property of returning to the form from which a substance is bent, drawn, pressed, or twisted; springy; having the power of rebounding; as, a bow is elastic; the air is elastic; India rubber is elastic.
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Able to return quickly to a former state or condition, after being depressed or overtaxed; having power to recover easily from shocks and trials; as, elastic spirits; an elastic constitution.
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An elastic woven fabric, as a belt, braces or suspenders, etc., made in part of India rubber.
By Oddity Software
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Springing back; having a power or inherent property of returning to the form from which a substance is bent, drawn, pressed, or twisted; springy; having the power of rebounding; as, a bow is elastic; the air is elastic; India rubber is elastic.
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Able to return quickly to a former state or condition, after being depressed or overtaxed; having power to recover easily from shocks and trials; as, elastic spirits; an elastic constitution.
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An elastic woven fabric, as a belt, braces or suspenders, etc., made in part of India rubber.
By Noah Webster.
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Springing back; having the power of returning to its original form; rebounding; springy; capable of extension.
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An elastic woven cloth made in part of India rubber.
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Elastically.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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Elastically.
By Daniel Lyons
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Elastically.
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Spontaneously returning to its original shape; springy; accommodating; buoyant.
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A band of elastic material.
By James Champlin Fernald
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Having the property of returning to the original shape after being compressed, bent, or otherwise distorted.
By Stedman, Thomas Lathrop
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
By Stormonth, James, Phelp, P. H.
By Willam Alexander Newman Dorland
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