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