单词	inelastic
释义	inelastic /ˌɪnɪˈlastɪk / adjective 1(Of a substance or material) not elastic: a tough, inelastic membrane... The cuff is an inelastic cloth that encircles the arm and encloses the inflatable rubber bladder. Some polymers stretch to 10 times their length, whereas metals are relatively inelastic, he says. Graduated compression therapy to overcome venous hypertension is useful and can be applied using inelastic or elastic bandages. 2 Economics (Of demand or supply) insensitive to changes in price or income.With an inelastic demand, much lower prices and lower incomes (excluding large increases in subsidies) resulted.... A slight drop in price does not endear the other newspaper - more or less newspaper demand is price inelastic. If this occurs, rice prices would decline, given that the demand for rice is relatively inelastic. 3 Physics (Of a collision) involving an overall loss of translational kinetic energy.In mechanical systems, there is always a certain amount of energy lost as heat due to frictional processes and inelastic collisions between moving parts.... This transfer occurs when a photon undergoes an inelastic collision with a molecule, and energy is either imparted to or obtained from the material. Suppose further that a net amount of energy E is emitted in this inelastic collision, say in the form of heat. Derivatives inelastically adverb ... The results clearly demonstrated that removal of inelastically scattered electrons significantly improved intensity data statistics. When this moral hazard is present, credit flows rapidly into inelastically supplied assets, such as real estate. Let us consider the example of a high energy electron scattering inelastically with a proton, the result yielding evidence of quarks. inelasticity /ˌɪnɪlaˈstɪsɪti / noun ... And the issue there is what I would call the continuing geographical elasticity of the Republican coalition and the relative inelasticity of the Democrats’. The two extreme categories of perfect inelasticity and perfect elasticity are generally of no empirical interest, but usefully bound the value of an elasticity. The inelasticity of food production drove up prices, while the inelasticity of industry pushed down wages.
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