elasticity

Other forms of elasticity

plural

elasticities·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about elasticity

What does elasticity mean?

elasticity means "the tendency of a body to return to its original shape after it has been stretched or compressed".

How many syllables are in elasticity?

elasticity has 5 syllables: e-las-tic-i-ty. The stress falls on "tic". In IPA it is /ˌiˌlæˈstɪsəti/.

What is another word for elasticity?

Close synonyms include snap. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

What is the opposite of elasticity?

The recorded antonyms are inelasticity.

Is elasticity a common word?

elasticity is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with elasticity?

1 word rhymes with elasticity. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.