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
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 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
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
By Willam Alexander Newman Dorland
