elasticity
Pronunciation: /ɪ.læsˈtɪs.ɪ.ti/
The English word “elasticity” has 7 meanings listed here.
noun
- The property by virtue of which a material deformed under load can regain its original dimensions when unloaded
- The sensitivity of changes in a quantity with respect to changes in another quantity.
- A measure of the flexibility of a data store's data model and clustering capabilities.
- A system's ability to adapt to changes in workload by automatically provisioning and de-provisioning resources.
- 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.
- Adaptability.
Etymology
From elastic + -ity.
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