elastic
adjective/ɪˈlæstɪk/
/ɪˈlæstɪk/
- made with elastic
- an elastic headband
- able to stretch and return to its original size and shape
- elastic materials
- that can change or be changed
- The demand for the product is elastic.
- Our plans are fairly elastic.
Word Originmid 17th cent. (originally describing a gas in the sense ‘expanding spontaneously to fill the available space’): from modern Latin elasticus, from Greek elastikos ‘propulsive’, from elaunein ‘to drive’.
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