The function of a rubber band depends upon its property of elasticity. From LearnThat.org.
The age-adjusted intergenerational wealth elasticity is 0.37. From Wordnik.com. [What Explains Inequality?, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty] Reference
This suggests price elasticity is inversely related to sales volume, for me. From Wordnik.com. [What I Learned at the Tower Records Going Out of Business Sale, Bryan Caplan | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty] Reference
The elasticity is surely affected by the velocity (pardon the pun) of gas price increases. From Wordnik.com. [Inelastic Demand for Gasoline, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty] Reference
The more common substitute and better measure of elasticity is the amount of gasoline actually used. From Wordnik.com. [Inelastic Demand for Gasoline, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty] Reference
Her elasticity was the result of tension in too many different directions. From Wordnik.com. [The Descent of Man and Other Stories] Reference
Electricity has elasticity, which is utilized in condensers, as an instance. From Wordnik.com. [Electricity for Boys] Reference
Her elasticity was the result of tension in too many different directions. From Wordnik.com. [Ferule & Fescue] Reference
I sorted the categories by something like their elasticity, that is, the ratio of rich-parent to poor-parent spending. From Wordnik.com. [Philip N. Cohen: How Much Have You Got to Spend?] Reference
When elasticity is high, the incidence falls mostly on the producer, and when it’s low it falls mostly on the consumer. From Wordnik.com. [Matthew Yglesias » Passing Costs on to Consumers] Reference
At that kind of elasticity, filling the SPR at 160,000 bpd might add 65 cents to the price. From Wordnik.com. [A Glimmer of Hope on Oil, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty] Reference
I've toyed with the idea of "elasticity", which is sort of in keeping with his concept of synergy. From Wordnik.com. [balance] Reference
There's a concept in economics called "elasticity," more specifically, the “price elasticity of demand.”. From Wordnik.com. [Minimum Wage] Reference
Businesses are increasingly concerned with "elasticity" in their technology infrastructure, said Daryl Plummer. From Wordnik.com. [AT&T to Be Provider] Reference
Moreover, there is little or no "elasticity" in the market, and the prospects for anyone to sell larger supplies are poor. From Wordnik.com. [4 Questions and Answers] Reference
Children did not enjoy the same financial "elasticity" as adults, and more expensive cigarettes would be out of their reach. From Wordnik.com. [ANC Daily News Briefing] Reference
Besides, someone once gave me some advice about checks from guys making a living as guides and the "elasticity" of said checks. From Wordnik.com. [Too Much Fly Media?] Reference
The property is rather a kind of elasticity, which ordinary fluids do not possess, but which facilitates the propagation of transverse vibrations. From Wordnik.com. [Scientific American Supplement, No. 488, May 9, 1885] Reference
Cloud Services like Azure introduce scalability and performance "elasticity" for applications hosted in the cloud. From Wordnik.com. [TechNet Blogs] Reference
However, their actions would disregard sensitive aspects of the economy such as elasticity of demand for certain jobs. From Wordnik.com. [New Statesman] Reference
Well, then we have to go back to our old friend "elasticity" in order to see what sort of deadweight loss the Tobin tax creates. From Wordnik.com. [TVHE] Reference
There is also an elasticity '' '' 'of supply' '' '' of a particular good that we'll mention below. we learned about "elasticity". From Wordnik.com. [Conservapedia - Recent changes [en]] Reference
'Significantly, the end users often need to optimise certain characteristics of their materials, such as elasticity or conductivity. From Wordnik.com. [Manufacturingtalk - manufacturing industry news] Reference
Is it possible to mobilize a considered purchase decision earlier and what kind of elasticity is out there at the end consumer level. From Wordnik.com. [Healthcare Sector and Stocks Analysis from Seeking Alpha] Reference
So they started working on a platform that could scale, along with other attributes of the cloud such as elasticity and shared resources. From Wordnik.com. [GigaOM] Reference
In economic lingo, the "elasticity" of gasoline consumption is low: It takes a big increase to make any kind of impact on people's driving habits. From Wordnik.com. [MoJo Blogs and Articles] Reference
Th researchers said that time is not absolute but can have a certain "elasticity", which will depend on the kind of emotions they are experiencing. From Wordnik.com. [Telegraph.co.uk: news, business, sport, the Daily Telegraph newspaper, Sunday Telegraph] Reference
"I have zero elasticity of funds right now," he says. From Wordnik.com. [When You're Most Vulnerable to Fraud] Reference
Skin Caviar melts upon application to restore elasticity and tone. From Wordnik.com. [Beauty: Golden Glow] Reference
"We see more elasticity in subscription pricing," says Napster CEO Chris Gorog. From Wordnik.com. [THINKING OUTSIDE THE (MUSIC) BOX] Reference
The bad news is that the number of pregnancies a woman had did affect breast elasticity. From Wordnik.com. [Shelf Life] Reference
Today the real question in my mind is this: would early ballet have improved my elasticity?. From Wordnik.com. [Patrizia Chen: Wishing For Limber Limbs] Reference
Quite an interesting feat -- and one requiring a degree of, ah, elasticity I didn't know I had. From Wordnik.com. ['My Life Has Been Full Of Narrow Escapes'] Reference
So, this entire article can be summed up with: Plug-In Hybrids have a fairly high price elasticity of demand. From Wordnik.com. [Wired Top Stories] Reference
Unemployment has been at historic lows in recent years, so there's very little elasticity in the labor market. From Wordnik.com. [Ireland's New Face] Reference
Anna C. d'Addio at the OECD calculated (PDF) "intergenerational earnings elasticity" figures for a number of OECD countries. From Wordnik.com. [Research desk investigates: How great is American income mobility?] Reference
Baumann recommends applying Relastin face cream to the breasts in the morning, which has been shown to increase skin elasticity. From Wordnik.com. [Shelf Life] Reference
Dry skin A decrease in the protein collagen-which may be linked to a decline in estrogen-means less elasticity and more wrinkles. From Wordnik.com. [Understanding “Perimenopause”] Reference
The good news is that the study participants who breast-fed were no more likely to have lost elasticity in their breasts than those who didn't. From Wordnik.com. [Shelf Life] Reference
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