elasticity
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Definitions ofelasticity
- 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.
Example: "If the sales of an item drop by 5% when the price increases by 10%, its price elasticity is -0.5."
- 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.
Synonyms: "point elasticity"
- The quality of being elastic.
- Adaptability.
Example: "Her elasticity allowed her to recover quickly."
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