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

We should have a great fewer disputes in the world if words were taken for what they are, the signs of our ideas only, and not for things themselves.
John Locke