elastica
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.68 in modern English
10
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
3
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A curve that minimizes bending energy; the shape that a thin flexible rod assumes when its endpoints are fixed.
noun
Connective tissue that contains elastic fibers, such as that found in blood vessels or skin.
Example Sentences
- "This paper studies the snap-through of a pinned-clamped elastica when the support of the clamped end can be moved arbitrarily in plane. The universal snap curve, which describes the critical boundary conditions of the pinned-clamped elasticas, is firstly obtained by determining the saddle-node bifurcation points of the moment-rotation response curves."
- "That the elastica interna becomes so modified in its staining properties, so swollen as to exceed ten times the original elastica in thickness, is a fact that cannot be doubted."