plasticity
nounUK /ˌplæs.ˈtɪs.ɪ.ti/ · US /ˌplæs.ˈtɪs.ɪ.ti/
Etymology From plastic + -ity.
1
The quality or state of being plastic.
- 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.2016, Justin O. Schmidt, The Sting of the Wild, Johns Hopkins University Press, →ISBN, page 15:
2
Natural sciences, Physical sciences, 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).
- Derived terms
- angioplasticity, ecoplasticity, elastoplasticity, electroplasticity, genomic plasticity, hyperplasticity, hypoplasticity, metaplasticity, microplasticity, neoplasticity, neuroplasticity, nonplasticity, pathoplasticity, phenoplasticity, phenotypic plasticity, pseudoplasticity, psychoplasticity, superplasticity, thermoplasticity, visco-elasto-plasticity, viscoplasticity
- Coordinate terms
- elasticity