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elasticity in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.
Elasticity often refers to:
Elasticity (physics),
continuum mechanics of
bodies that
deform reversibly...
- A good's
price elasticity of
demand ( E d {\displaystyle E_{d}} , PED) is a
measure of how
sensitive the
quantity demanded is to its price. When the price...
- In economics,
elasticity measures the
responsiveness of one
economic variable to a
change in another. For example, if the
price elasticity of the demand...
- In
physics and
materials science,
elasticity is the
ability of a body to
resist a
distorting influence and to
return to its
original size and
shape when...
- In economics,
output elasticity is the
percentage change of
output (GDP or
production of a
single firm)
divided by the
percentage change of an input. It...
- In economics, the
income elasticity of
demand (****) is the
responsivenesses of the
quantity demanded for a good to a
change in
consumer income. It is measured...
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Linear elasticity is a
mathematical model of how
solid objects deform and
become internally stressed by
prescribed loading conditions. It is a simplification...
-
stiffness when the
force is
applied lengthwise. It is the
modulus of
elasticity for
tension or
axial compression. Young's
modulus is
defined as the ratio...
- In mathematics, the
elasticity or
point elasticity of a
positive differentiable function f of a
positive variable (positive input,
positive output) at...
- In economics, the
cross (or cross-price)
elasticity of
demand (XED)
measures the
effect of
changes in the
price of one good on the
quantity demanded of...
