Definition of "elastic" []

• Easily resuming original shape after being stretched or expanded; flexible. See Synonyms at flexible. (adjective)
• Springy; rebounding. (adjective)
• Physics Returning to or capable of returning to an initial form or state after deformation. (adjective)
• Quick to recover, as from disappointment: an elastic spirit. (adjective)
• Capable of adapting to change or a variety of circumstances. (adjective)

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• "There's a want of what I call elastic power in your mind, Catherine -- the very quality for which your father was so remarkable; the very quality which Mr. Presty used to say made him envy Mr. Norman."
• "Light streamed among them, reaching outward in elastic fields of energy."
• "The big question that drives this is, for RPGs in general, and for a given product, how elastic is the price curve really?"