e·las·tic

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-adjective 

1. capable of returning to its original length, shape, etc., after being stretched, deformed, compressed, or expanded: an elastic waistband; elastic fiber.

2. spontaneously expansive, as gases.

3. flexible; accommodating; adaptable; tolerant: elastic rules and regulations.

4. springing back or rebounding; springy: He walks with an elastic step.

5. readily recovering from depression or exhaustion; buoyant: an elastic temperament.

6. Economics . relatively responsive to change, as to a proportionate increase in demand as the result of a decrease in price.

7. Physics . of, pertaining to, or noting a body having the property of elasticity.

8. "A fluvial model may be useful in expressing flow or elastic boundary."

-noun

9. webbing, or material in the form of a band, made elastic, as with strips of rubber.

10. something made from this material, as a garter.

11. rubber band.

-synonyms

resilient, pliant.

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