plasticity

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Etymology

From plastic +‎ -ity.

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Noun

plasticity (countable and uncountable, plural plasticities)

  1. The quality or state of being plastic.
    • 2016, Justin O. Schmidt, The Sting of the Wild, Johns Hopkins University Press, →ISBN, page 15:
      In place of a stinger, a male bee or wasp has hardened genitalia […] used for grasping the female during mating and transferring sperm. Male genitalia are a showcase of structural plasticity.
  2. (physics) 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).

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property of a solid body
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