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elastically

elastically

4.8
In a way that can change size or amount quickly to meet needs
  • adverb
  • /ɪˈlæstɪkli/
  • Specialized
translation icon : flexiblemente
  • The rubber band can stretch and return to its original shape elastically when pulled.

Examples

  • And since Panopto can scale to demand elastically while still managing all customers in one shared cloud, this is a natural evolution of our technology.

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  • His arguments were structured elastically, adapting to the questions asked by the audience.

  • All decks are designed with wide margins of safety and to perform elastically when hit by a wave.

    Academic text (2007)

  • If you have a long column, it would buckle elastically, like by an Euler buckling.

  • Rapid elasticity: Capabilities can be rapidly and elastically provisioned, in some cases automatically, to quickly scale out and rapidly released to quickly scale in.

    Blog text (20)

  • The system can adjust elastically to new demands, allowing for efficient resource management.

Synonyms

flexibly
vselastically
2 3.7

In a way that changes or adapts easily to different situations

allows rapid expansion or contraction to meet sudden changing demands

How Scalable

elastically
  • Specialized
4.8
dynamically
  • Specialized
5 5.1
statically
  • Specialized
1 7.4

Surface Forms

elastically positive

Morphology

elastically = elastic (semi-transparent) = elastic + ly

The adverb is built regularly from 'elastic', but the sense of flexible adaptation is a metaphorical extension rather than a purely literal physical description.

Etymology

Elastically comes from elastic, which you can picture as an elastic band or waistband that 'expands' and 'shrinks' to fit. So when a company or system changes elastically, it can grow or reduce quickly to meet what is needed.