inelastic

3 definitions found

inelastic - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Inelastic \In`e*las"tic\, a.
     1. Not elastic.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. (Economics) reacting little to changing price; -- of
        demand; as, Potatoes have an inelastic demand.
        [PJC]

inelastic - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  inelastic
      adj 1: not elastic; "economists speak of an inelastic price
             structure" [ant: elastic]

inelastic - Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :

  52 Moby Thesaurus words for "inelastic":
     adamant, adamantine, cast-iron, dour, firm, flinty, grim, hard,
     hard-core, immovable, immutable, implacable, impliable, inductile,
     inexorable, inextensible, inextensile, inextensional, inflexible,
     intractable, intractile, intransigent, iron, irreconcilable,
     irresilient, nonelastic, nonstretchable, relentless, rigid,
     rigorous, rock-ribbed, steely, stern, stiff, stubborn, unaffected,
     unalterable, unbending, unchangeable, uncompromising, unextendible,
     unextensible, unflexible, ungiving, unlimber, unmalleable, unmoved,
     unpliable, unpliant, unrelenting, untractable, unyielding