unelasticadj.
(un- prefix1 1.)
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1728 E. Chambers Cycl. at Elasticity The Difference between Elastic and Unelastic Bodies.
1764 T. Reid Inq. Human Mind vi §21 Are the small vessels distended with some redundant elastic or unelastic fluid?
1826 W. Kirby & W. Spence Introd. Entomol. IV. xlvi. 259 A hard unelastic substance like wood.
1861 A. Beresford-Hope Eng. Cathedral of 19th Cent. 14 An unelastic law of parochial subdivision and endowment.
Derivatives
(Webster, 1847.)
unelaˈsticity n.
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