inelastically
In unbending fashion
In a manner that lacks flexibility or the ability to recover original form.
In physics, inelastically describes collisions where kinetic energy is lost rather than conserved: The particles collided inelastically, converting some energy to heat.
More broadly, it describes responses that don't adjust proportionally to changes: Demand for insulin responds inelastically to price increases.
Liable to shatter
- stiffNot easily bent
- inflexibleUnable to bend
- unbendingRefusing to change position
- hardFirm or demanding
nonflexible · fracture · shatter · snap · crack · breakable · splinter · rigid
Forceful contact or consequence
- momentumProduct of mass, velocity
- energyPower to do work
- dissipationGradual loss or scattering
- absorptionProcess of taking in
kinetic · rebound · scattering · particle · nucleus · collision · shock · damping
Excessive stretching force
- plasticityAbility to change shape
- permanentFixed without end
- yieldingBending under pressure
- ductilityAbility to stretch unbroken
malleability · distortion · bend · warp · compress · crumple · creep · fatigue
With inflexible determination
- inflexiblyIn an unyielding way
- rigidlyIn an unyielding manner
- uncompromisinglyWithout making concessions
- unbendinglyWithout flexibility or compromise
adamantly · obstinately · fixedly · immovably · unresponsively · unvaryingly
brittle
Liable to shatter
- stiffNot easily bent
- inflexibleUnable to bend
- unbendingRefusing to change position
hard · nonflexible · fracture · shatter · snap · crack · breakable · splinter · rigid · unyielding
impact
Forceful contact or consequence
- momentumProduct of mass, velocity
- energyPower to do work
- dissipationGradual loss or scattering
absorption · kinetic · rebound · scattering · particle · nucleus · collision · shock · damping · deformation
strain
Excessive stretching force
- plasticityAbility to change shape
- permanentFixed without end
- yieldingBending under pressure
ductility · malleability · distortion · bend · warp · compress · crumple · creep · fatigue · viscous
stubbornly
With inflexible determination
- inflexiblyIn an unyielding way
- rigidlyIn an unyielding manner
- uncompromisinglyWithout making concessions
unbendingly · adamantly · obstinately · fixedly · immovably · unresponsively · unvaryingly
inelasticallyelastically
With flexible recovery
springily · resiliently · bouncily · flexibly · reversibly
inelasticallyelastically
With flexible recovery
flexibly · adaptably · pliantly · responsively · accommodatingly
elastic, elasticity, inelastic, elastically, elastomer, viscoelastic, nonelastic, elastomeric, inelasticity