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Definition of Plasticity

1. Noun. The property of being physically malleable; the property of something that can be worked or hammered or shaped without breaking.

Definition of Plasticity

1. n. The quality or state of being plastic.

Definition of Plasticity

1. Noun. The quality or state of being plastic. ¹

2. Noun. (physics) 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) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Plasticity

1. [n -TIES]

Medical Definition of Plasticity

1. 1. The quality or state of being plastic. 2. Plastic force. Origin: Cf. F. Plasticite. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Plasticity

Literary usage of Plasticity

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Engineering Geology: By Heinrich Ries and Thomas L. Watson by Heinrich Ries, Thomas Leonard Watson (1914)
"These are: (1) plasticity, by virtue of which it forms a pasty mass when wet, ... Physical Properties These include plasticity, tensile strength, ..."

2. The Psychology of Childhood by Naomi Norsworthy, Mary Theodora Whitley (1918)
"Both the definite bonds and plasticity of such bonds are necessary to explain ... Variation in plasticity. — Three questions arise in connection with this ..."

3. Transactions of the American Institute of Mining, Metallurgical and (1915)
"The plasticity of Clay and Its Relation to Mode of Origin BY NB DAVIS,* ITHACA, ... Theories of plasticity. A. Structure of the clay particles. ..."

4. Clays: Their Occurrence, Properties, and Uses, with Especial Reference to by Heinrich Ries (1908)
"Under Physical Properties there are included plasticity, texture, ... plasticity Definition.—plasticity is probably by far the most important property of ..."

5. Transactions of the American Ceramic Society Containing the Papers and by American Ceramic Society, American Ceramic Society Meeting (1912)
"plasticity, as here spoken of, is a property developed in a clay by water, ... The measurement and cause of plasticity were the object of a former study. ..."

6. Transactions of the American Ceramic Society Containing the Papers and by American Ceramic Society (1917)
"Ceramic Society—1913- The Compressive Method of Measuring plasticity. ... Deformation of Plastic Bodies Under Compression as a Measure of Their plasticity. ..."

7. Engineering Geology: By Heinrich Ries and Thomas L. Watson by Heinrich Ries, Thomas Leonard Watson (1914)
"These are: (1) plasticity, by virtue of which it forms a pasty mass when wet, ... Physical Properties These include plasticity, tensile strength, ..."

8. The Psychology of Childhood by Naomi Norsworthy, Mary Theodora Whitley (1918)
"Both the definite bonds and plasticity of such bonds are necessary to explain ... Variation in plasticity. — Three questions arise in connection with this ..."

9. Transactions of the American Institute of Mining, Metallurgical and (1915)
"The plasticity of Clay and Its Relation to Mode of Origin BY NB DAVIS,* ITHACA, ... Theories of plasticity. A. Structure of the clay particles. ..."

10. Clays: Their Occurrence, Properties, and Uses, with Especial Reference to by Heinrich Ries (1908)
"Under Physical Properties there are included plasticity, texture, ... plasticity Definition.—plasticity is probably by far the most important property of ..."

11. Transactions of the American Ceramic Society Containing the Papers and by American Ceramic Society, American Ceramic Society Meeting (1912)
"plasticity, as here spoken of, is a property developed in a clay by water, ... The measurement and cause of plasticity were the object of a former study. ..."

12. Transactions of the American Ceramic Society Containing the Papers and by American Ceramic Society (1917)
"Ceramic Society—1913- The Compressive Method of Measuring plasticity. ... Deformation of Plastic Bodies Under Compression as a Measure of Their plasticity. ..."

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