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Elasticity

Noun

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."
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