Antonyms for elasticity

Grammar : Noun

Spell : ih-la-stis-i-tee, ee-la-stis-

Phonetic Transcription : ɪ læˈstɪs ɪ ti, ˌi læˈstɪs-

rigidity

Definition of elasticity

Origin : 1660s; see elastic + -ity.

noun stretchiness

Example sentences :

Also Franks was beginning to feel or to fancy his strength and elasticity not quite what they had been.
Extract from : « Weighed and Wanting » by George MacDonald

Very many years of toil had taken the elasticity out of step and voice.
Extract from : « American Notes » by Rudyard Kipling

As she fell, the elasticity of the vines began slowly to drag her back with them.
Extract from : « The Einstein See-Saw » by Miles John Breuer

Thus the elasticity of the air determines the velocity of sound in it.
Extract from : « The Machinery of the Universe » by Amos Emerson Dolbear

So if rate of speed and elasticity be known, the density may be computed.
Extract from : « The Machinery of the Universe » by Amos Emerson Dolbear

There are really two kinds of elasticity, which have nothing to do with each other.
Extract from : « Common Science » by Carleton W. Washburne

It is elasticity of form that most people mean when they talk about elasticity.
Extract from : « Common Science » by Carleton W. Washburne

Jelly and steel and glass have a great deal of elasticity of form.
Extract from : « Common Science » by Carleton W. Washburne

"You are the talk of the town," he said, recovering his elasticity of spirit as he went on.
Extract from : « Romance » by Joseph Conrad and F.M. Hueffer

Ardour, elasticity, strength returned to the Army of the Shenandoah.
Extract from : « The Long Roll » by Mary Johnston

Synonyms for elasticity

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