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inelastic

Syllabification: (in·e·las·tic)
Pronunciation: /ˈiniˈlastik/
Definition of inelastic

adjective

  • 1(of a substance or material) not elastic.
  • 2 Economics (of demand or supply) insensitive to changes in price or income.
  • 3 Physics (of a collision) involving an overall loss of translational kinetic energy.

Derivatives

inelastically

adverb

inelasticity

noun

inelastic in other Oxford dictionaries

Definition of inelastic in the British & World English dictionary
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