elasticity

En français : élasticité

1. The property by virtue of which a material deformed under load can regain its original dimensions when unloaded (countable, uncountable)
2. The sensitivity of changes in a quantity with respect to changes in another quantity. (countable, uncountable) · If the sales of an item drop by 5% when the price increases by 10%, its price elasticity is −0.5.
3. A measure of the flexibility of a data store's data model and clustering capabilities. (countable, uncountable)
4. A system's ability to adapt to changes in workload by automatically provisioning and de-provisioning resources. (countable, uncountable)
5. 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. (countable, uncountable)
6. The quality of being elastic. (countable, uncountable)
7. Adaptability. (countable, uncountable) · Her elasticity allowed her to recover quickly.

Pluriel elasticities