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inelasticity

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.05 in modern English

Syllables
in-elas-tic-i-ty
IPA
17
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
5
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The quality of being inflexible.

Uncountable

noun

The insensitivity of changes in a quantity with respect to changes in another quantity.

Uncountable

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Italic *n̥- Latin in-bor. Middle English in- English in- French élastiquebor. English elastic Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-ts Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ts Latin -itāsder. Old French -itebor. Middle English -ite English -ity English elasticity English inelasticity From in- + elasticity.

Usage

Inflected Forms

inelasticities (plural)

Synonyms

stiffness rigidity

Questions

What does inelasticity mean?
The quality of being inflexible.
Where does inelasticity come from?
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Italic *n̥- Latin in-bor. Middle English in- English in- French élastiquebor. English elastic Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-ts Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ts Latin -itāsder. Old French -itebor. Middle English -ite English -ity English elasticity English inelasticity From in- + elasticity.

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