#325. Elasticity. -- N. elasticity, springiness, spring, resilience, renitency, buoyancy.
rubber, India(n) rubber, latex, caoutchouc, whalebone, gum elastic, baleen, natural rubber; neoprene, synthetic rubber, Buna-S, plastic.
flexibility, Young's modulus.
V. stretch, flex, extend, distend, be elastic &c. adj.; bounce, spring back &c. (recoil) 277.
Adj. elastic, flexible, tensile, spring, resilient, renitent, buoyant; ductile, stretchable, extendable.
Phr. the stress is proportional to the strain.