Elastic is a word often used to describe or identify certain types of
elastomer
An elastomer is a polymer with viscoelasticity (i.e. both viscosity and elasticity) and with weak intermolecular forces, generally low Young's modulus and high failure strain compared with other materials. The term, a portmanteau of ''elastic p ...
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elastic used in garments or
stretchable fabrics.
Elastic may also refer to:
Alternative name
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Rubber band, ring-shaped band of rubber used to hold objects together
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Bungee cord, a cord composed of an elastic core covered in a sheath
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Chinese jump rope
Chinese jump rope (Chinese: 跳皮筋; pinyin: tiàopíjīn), also known as Chinese ropes, jumpsies,Block, John and Block, Tina (2013). ''It's a Hop, Skip, and Jump for Fitness and for Fun!'', p.27. WestBow Press. . elastics (British English: ...
, a children's game resembling hopscotch and jump rope
As a proper name
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''Elastic'' (album), a 2002 album by jazz saxophonist Joshua Redman
*"Elastic", a 2018 single by
Joey Purp
Joseph Davis (born August 3, 1993), better known by his stage name Joey Purp, is an American rapper from Chicago, Illinois. He is one half of Leather Corduroys. He is one of the founding members of Savemoney.
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*Elastic, working title of the 2012 Indian film
''Cocktail''
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Elastic NV, the company that releases the Elasticsearch search engine
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Elasticsearch, a search engine based on Apache Lucene
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Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2), a web service that provides secure, resizable compute capacity in a cloud format
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Elastics (orthodontics)
Elastics are rubber bands frequently used in the field of orthodontics to correct different types of malocclusions. The elastic wear is prescribed by an orthodontist or a dentist in an orthodontic treatment. The longevity of the elastic wear may va ...
, rubber bands used in orthodontics
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Elastic (creative studio), a creative studio known for its title sequences during the
Golden Age of Television
See also
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Elastic collision, a collision where kinetic energy is conserved
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Elastic deformation, reversible deformation of a material
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Elasticity (disambiguation)
Elasticity often refers to:
*Elasticity (physics), continuum mechanics of bodies that deform reversibly under stress
Elasticity may also refer to:
Information technology
* Elasticity (data store), the flexibility of the data model and the c ...
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Flex (disambiguation)
Flex or FLEX may refer to:
Computing
* Flex (language), developed by Alan Kay
* FLEX (operating system), a single-tasking operating system for the Motorola 6800
* FlexOS, an operating system developed by Digital Research
* FLEX (protocol), a comm ...
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Stretch (disambiguation)
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