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Webster 1913 Edition

Plasticity

Plas-tic′i-ty

,

Noun.

[Cf. F.

plasticité

.]

1.

The quality or state of being plastic.

2.

(Physiol.)

Plastic force.

Dunglison.

Webster 1828 Edition

Plasticity

PLASTIC'ITY

,

Noun.

The quality of giving form or shape to matter.

Definition 2024

plasticity

plasticity

English

Noun

plasticity ‎(countable and uncountable, plural plasticities)

The quality or state of being plastic.
(physics) the property of a solid body whereby it undergoes a permanent change in shape or size when subjected to a stress exceeding a particular value (the yield value)

Related terms

elasticity

Translations

quality of being plastic

Catalan: plasticitat f
Chinese:
Mandarin: 可塑性 (zh) ‎(kěsùxìng)
Czech: tvárnost f
Finnish: plastisuus (fi)

French: plasticité (fr) f
Japanese: 可塑性 ‎(kasosei)
Manx: so-lhoobaght f
Portuguese: plasticidade (pt) f
Russian: ги́бкость (ru) f ‎(gíbkostʹ), пласти́чность (ru) f ‎(plastíčnostʹ), эласти́чность (ru) f ‎(elastíčnostʹ)
Spanish: plasticidad (es) f
Turkish: esneklik (tr), plastiklik

property of a solid body

Catalan: plasticitat f
Chinese:
Mandarin: 可塑性 (zh) ‎(kěsùxìng)
Finnish: plastisuus (fi), muokattavuus
Georgian: პლასტიკურობა ‎(ṗlasṭiḳuroba)

Polish: plastyczność f
Portuguese: plasticidade (pt) f
Russian: ги́бкость (ru) f ‎(gíbkostʹ), пласти́чность (ru) f ‎(plastíčnostʹ), эласти́чность (ru) f ‎(elastíčnostʹ)
Spanish: plasticidad (es) f