PLASTICITY

malleability, plasticity

(noun) the property of being physically malleable; the property of something that can be worked or hammered or shaped without breaking

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

plasticity (countable and uncountable, plural plasticities)

The quality or state of being plastic.

(physics) the property of a solid body whereby it undergoes a permanent change in shape or size when subjected to a stress exceeding a particular value (the yield value)

Coordinate terms

• elasticity

Source: Wiktionary


Plas*tic"i*ty, n. Etym: [Cf. F. plasticité.]

1. The quality or state of being plastic.

2. (Physiol.)

Definition: Plastic force. Dunglison.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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