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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)

  1. The quality or state of being plastic.
  2. (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)

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