English-Spanish translations for elasticity

• elasticidad
  Existe naturalmente elasticidad de la demanda, en este caso, una elasticidad del precio de la demanda. There is ,of course, elasticity of demand, in this case a price elasticity of demand.
  En situaciones como la que hay ahora en Haití, lo importante es la velocidad, la adecuación y la elasticidad. In situations such as the one in Haiti today, what is important is speed, adequacy and elasticity.
  Sabemos que en la gestión de los asuntos públicos la elasticidad es limitada. We acknowledge that there is only a certain elasticity in the management of public affairs.

Definition of elasticity

• The property by virtue of which a material deformed under load can regain its original dimensions when unloaded
• A measure of the flexibility of a data store's data model and clustering capabilities
• The ratio of the relative change in a function's output with respect to the relative change in its input, for infinitesimal changes at a certain point
• The quality of being elastic

Examples

• If the sales of an item drop by 5% when the price increases by 10%, its price elasticity is -0.5.
• Her elasticity allowed her to recover quickly.

Related words

• photoelasticity
• aeroelasticity
• ferroelasticity
• inelasticity
• thermoelasticity
• aerothermoelasticity
• magnetoelasticity
• hydroelasticity
• elasticity of substitution