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inelastic

3 ENTRIES FOUND:
  1. inelastic (adjective)
  2. inelastic collision (noun)
  3. inelastic scattering (noun)

in·elas·tic

adj \ˌi-nə-ˈlas-tik\

Definition of INELASTIC

: not elastic: as a : slow to react or respond to changing conditions b : inflexible, unyielding
— in·elas·tic·i·ty \ˌi-ni-ˌlas-ˈti-s(ə-)tē, (ˌ)i-ˌnē-ˌlas-\ noun
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First Known Use of INELASTIC

1748

Rhymes with INELASTIC

anelastic, chiliastic, chloroplastic, holophrastic, Hudibrastic, metaplastic, onomastic, orgiastic, paraphrastic, pederastic, periphrastic, pleonastic, pyroclastic, superplastic, thermoplastic

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