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plasticities

plasticities is the plural of plasticity.

Meaning of plasticity

Noun

plasticity (countable and uncountable, plural plasticities)

  1. The quality or state of being plastic.
    • In place of a stinger, a male bee or wasp has hardened genitalia […] used for grasping the female during mating and transferring sperm. Male genitalia are a showcase of structural plasticity.2016, Justin O. Schmidt, The Sting of the Wild, Johns Hopkins University Press, →ISBN, page 15
  2. The property of a solid body whereby it undergoes a permanent change in shape or size when subjected to a stress exceeding a particular value (the yield value).

Questions about plasticities

What is plasticities the plural of?
Plasticities is the plural of plasticity.

Words near plasticities in the dictionary

  1. plasticisers
  2. plasticises
  3. plasticising
  4. plasticism
  5. plasticisms
  6. plasticities
  7. plasticity
  8. plasticization
  9. plasticizations
  10. plasticize
  11. plasticized

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