plasticity

Meaning

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

Synonyms

malleability

flexibility

suppleness

pliability

pliancy

rheology

spreadability

plastic property

ductility

plastic nature

elasticity

malleableness

plastic

rheological properties

Translations

plasticité

plasticidad

plasticidade

Plastizität

plasticità

plasticitat

Formbarkeit

πλαστικότητα

Verformbarkeit

mal·leabilitat

malleabilità

plasticiteit

Fließbarkeit

Drehfähigkeit

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈplæs.tɪs.ɪ.ti/

Etymology

From plastic + -ity.