单词 | non-elastic |
释义 | non-elasticadj. Not elastic, lacking in elasticity, inelastic. Also figurative: inflexible, fixed on a purpose. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > constitution of matter > hardness > types of hardness > [adjective] > inelastic unspringy1673 non-elastic1728 unelastic1728 inelastic1749 dump1852 irresilient1855 dead1870 wooden1897 unsprung1928 1728 Philos. Trans. 1726–7 (Royal Soc.) 34 183 (title) A remark upon the new opinion relating to the forces of moving bodies, in the case of the collision of non-elastic bodies. 1760 Philos. Trans. 1759 (Royal Soc.) 51 130 Non-elastic bodies, when acting by their impulse or collision, communicate only a part of their original power. 1798 C. Hutton Course Math. II. 211 [A fluid] is non-elastic, when it is not compressible or expansible, as water. 1840 Newton's London Jrnl. 16 361 When India rubber is introduced, it is in the stretched or non-elastic state. 1883 F. Day Indian Fish (Internat. Fish. Exhib.) 44 Fixed engines constructed of non-elastic substances are still more destructive to fish than are such as are made of net. 1910 Daily Chron. 4 Jan. 6/4 But too often it is intelligence of the non-elastic order, bent on the attainment from the first of one goal. 1922 A. D. Udden tr. N. Bohr Theory of Spectra ii. ii. 35 The occurrence of non-elastic impacts. 1953 Copper in Instrumentation (Copper Devel. Assoc.) i. 48 Initial loading of the tubes gives rise to non-elastic extension. 1997 G. S. Helfman et al. Diversity of Fishes iii. 33/1 It [sc. the inner dermis] is composed of fibroelastic and nonelastic collagenous connective tissue with relatively few cells. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1728 |
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