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noun any of various elastic materials that resemble rubber (resumes its original shape when a deforming force is removed)
originEtymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁elh₂- Proto-Indo-European *h₁l̥h₂-tósder. Ancient Greek ἐλᾰστός (elăstós) Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos New Latin -icus New Latin elasticusbor. French élastiquebor. English elastic English -mer English elastomer From elastic + -mer.
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