Associations to the word «Plasticity»

Wiktionary

PLASTICITY, noun. The quality or state of being plastic.
PLASTICITY, noun. (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)

Dictionary definition

PLASTICITY, noun. The property of being physically malleable; the property of something that can be worked or hammered or shaped without breaking.

Wise words

Words, words, words! They shut one off from the universe. Three quarters of the time one's never in contact with things, only with the beastly words that stand for them.
Aldous Huxley