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Definition of Nonelastic
1. a. Not having elasticity.
Definition of Nonelastic
1. Adjective. Not elastic; not able to stretch. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Nonelastic
1. [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Nonelastic
Literary usage of Nonelastic
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Philosophical and Mathematical Dictionary: Containing an Explanation of by Charles Hutton (1815)
"The effects of these different constitutions, here alluded *o, are these ; that
nonelastic bodies, on their shock, will adhere together, and either remain ..."
2. Encyclopaedia Britannica; Or A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and (1823)
"Let us now go on then to suppose, that by swift and equably continued strokes we
give any nonelastic body its tone ; it is very obvious, that no alterations ..."
3. Rose's Notes on the United States Supreme Court Reports (2 Dallas to 241 by Walter Malins Rose, Charles Lawrence Thompson, United States Supreme Court (1918)
"337100, for packing consisting of tubular, practically nonelastic core, capable
of being bent or flattened, not infringed; Electric Smelting etc. Co. v. ..."
4. Manual of Neuro-surgery by United States Surgeon-General's Office (1919)
"Ligaments are nonelastic; muscle possesses elasticity. Care must be taken that
nonelastic tissue is not unnecessarily torn by efforts at forcible correction ..."
5. A Cotton Fabrics Glossary by Frank P. Bennett, & Co (1914)
"The nonelastic type is made into suspenders in connection with elastic straps
connected to the buckles. An advantage claimed for this ..."
6. Abstracts of War Surgery: An Abstract of the War Literature of General by United States Surgeon-General's Office, Surgeon-General's Office, United States (1918)
"Ligaments are nonelastic; muscle possesses elasticity. Care must be taken that
nonelastic tissue is not unnecessarily torn by efforts at forcible correction ..."
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