renitency, buoyancy.
rubber, India rubber, Indian rubber, latex, caoutchouc, whalebone,
gum elastic, baleen, natural rubber; neoprene, synthetic rubber, Buna-
S, plastic.
flexibility, Young's modulus.
V. stretch, flex, extend, distend, be elastic &c adj.; bounce, spring
back &c (recoil) 277.
Adj. elastic, flexible, tensile, spring, resilient, renitent, buoyant;
ductile, stretchable, extendable.
Phr. the stress is proportional to the strain.