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🌳 Old plant name 🧵 Stretchy material
elastica

elastica

8.3
A body part or material that returns to its shape after stretching
  • noun
  • Specialized
translation icon : elástica
  • Materials like latex show strong elastica properties, allowing them to bend and bounce back.

Examples

  • The rubber band is an example of an elastica because it can stretch and return to its original shape.

  • The elastica of the material ensures that it can endure heavy loads without losing its shape.

  • So chocolate in the pure state doesn't have an elastic structure, or not elastica at all actually.

Synonyms

elastomer
vselastica
  • Specialized
1 8.1

A material like rubber that stretches and returns to its original shape

is the broader category including non polymer materials and structures

Compounds

Ficus elastica
  • Specialized
8.4

Large tropical Asian tree with shiny thick leaves often grown indoors and sometimes used to make rubber

How Elastic

elastica
  • Specialized
8.3
resiliency
  • Specialized
1 5.6

Surface Forms

elastica singular
elasticas plural

Morphology

elastica = elastic (semi-transparent) = elastic + a

The base 'elastic' is clear, but the final '-a' is not a productive English noun-forming suffix, so the meaning is only partly predictable.

Etymology

Elastica in anatomy or materials is related to the word elastic and the Greek root elast-, which means 'able to stretch'. That's why elastica refers to fibres or parts that can stretch and then 'return to their shape'.