Such is the subtle elasticity of the organ I treat of, that whether wielded in sport, or in earnest, or in anger, whatever be the mood it be in, its flexions are invariably marked by exceeding grace.
Elasticity is the tendency of a thing to go back to its original shape or size whenever it is forced into a different shape or size.
But a dent in lead will stay there; it has little elasticity of form.
Another difference is that in action and reaction one thing moves one way and another thing is pushed the other way; while in elasticity the same thing moves first one way, then the other.
When we imagined a man with an "elastic touch," we were imagining a man who gave everything he touched perfect elasticity of form.
Sometimes people confuse elasticity with action and reaction.
Putty and clay likewise have very little elasticity of form; when you change their shape, they stay changed.
Elasticity of volume is the tendency of a substance to go back to its original size, as lead does.
But after you take your hand off the scale the pan springs back up: first it was pushed down, then it springs back to its original position; it does this because of the elasticity of its spring.
Jelly and steel and glass have a great deal of elasticity of form.
It is elasticity of form that most people mean when they talk about elasticity.
Elasticity of form is the tendency of a thing to go back to its original shape, as rubber does.
There was a purity of health about them that made them delight in movement and every bodily exercise,--an elasticity of gait that somehow attracted attention.
But he was wrong; for once in her life Nan was tired; the poor girl felt a sudden quenching of her bright elasticity that amounted to absolute fatigue.
When a bone is luxated (out of joint), there has occurred a partial or complete rupture of certain ligaments or tendons; or a bone may be luxated when an abnormal or unusual elasticity of inhibitory ligaments or tendons obtains.
But theelasticity of time is rather that of leather than that of india-rubber.
You know that you are isolated, that you are looked upon and probably ridiculed as an eccentric, and this knowledge, which it is impossible to banish from your mind, deprives your thinking of elasticity and grace.
The reason is, that owing to the habits of human life there is a certain elasticity in large spaces of time that include nights, and mealtimes, and holidays.
Against this view, it may be urged that if the inertia of the medium is so small, as is supposed, and its elasticity so great, there can be no condensation by centrifugal force of rotation.
And finally that, for its degree of inertia, it exceeds in elasticity and specific heat all other matter.
The elasticity of the medium would only oppose resistance in a vortex of finite diameter.
On account of the elasticity of the bell, the whole of the force is not instantaneously imparted to the surrounding air; but the denser the air the sooner it loses its motion.
For a wonder, I felt rather gay, with an elasticity of body and mind which I had not felt in some time.
Aline listened with unconcealed pleasure to her partner's words; the elasticity of her step and a sort of general trembling made her seem like a flower swaying to the breeze, and revealed the pleasure which his conversation gave her.
The arms are frequently held almost motionless, and there is a general lack of spring and elasticity in their movements.
The fibre is soft, silky and elastic, and maintains its elasticity in use.
The elasticity of fines at any rate corrects the impression which would be formed of the tenants' position from looking only at the comparatively stationary rents.
She says:-- Even after her return to Edgeworthstown it was long before Maria recovered the elasticity of her mind.
It was long before she thoroughly recovered her elasticity of spirits, and the mental struggle did not pass over without leaving its mark.
The asci, after separation from the subhymenial tissue, continue to lengthen, or it may be that their elasticity permits of extension, during expulsion.
Her vivacity never left her, and the elasticity of her spirits bore up against every kind of depression.
This gnawing anxiety took away theirelasticity and power of endurance.
This admirable elasticity of mind he owes, first and foremost, to the study of the Talmud.
These private schools still exist; and by the greater elasticity of their system, and special opportunity of encouraging individual originality in the learners they are the salutary and indispensable adjuncts of the State institutions.
The late Sir Henry Maine, differing in that respect from earlier political theorists, has in that very suppleness and elasticity which his predecessors praised discovered a source of weakness to the English constitution.
Brown--I will not give at full length his thrice unhappy name--had been from infancy a ball for fortune to spurn at; but nature had given him that elasticity of mind which rises higher from the rebound.
Her wonderful elasticity in rising superior to the severest visitations has often surprised the world, and those who remember 1815 will be most astonished at her present position in Europe, or rather in Christendom.
Whenever a rise in the price of iron stimulates the manufacture, the domestic production of iron suddenly expands, and increases with a rapidity which gives evidence of wonderful elasticity and latent strength.
It is extraordinary how speedily the human mind recovers its elasticity after being bent down to the earth, as it were, with the weight of care.
His mind was oppressed and desponding, but it was a mind which no circumstances could entirely destroy the elasticity of, even for a moment.
It does not extend to those things on which the masses have not pronounced, and by its freedom and elasticity in regard to these it often produces erroneous judgments as to its general character.
When an enactment is made there is a sacrifice of the elasticity and automatic self-adaptation of custom, but an enactment is specific and is provided with sanctions.
Those which survived "had all the self-confidence and elasticity that are engendered by success in the struggle of life.
It depends on theelasticity and power of compressed air.
The ordinary pressure of air is about 14ยท7 pounds per square inch; and when compressed to one-half its usual bulk, its elasticity or power of pressure is doubled, and of course is rendered greater if still further compressed.
This structure gives a greatelasticity to these organs, so that they are capable of considerable tension, after which they return to their usual length[273].
