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plasticity in Spanish

plasticity in Spanish is plasticidad — plasticity means the quality or state of being plastic, able to be shaped or molded.

plasticity in Spanish

plasticidad
noun

What does "plasticity" mean?

  1. noun The quality or state of being plastic, able to be shaped or molded.
    "Wet clay has plasticity that allows a potter to shape it by hand."
  2. noun The property of a solid that permanently changes shape or size once a stress beyond a certain value is applied.
    "Engineers measure a metal's plasticity to see how far it bends before it stays deformed."
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plasticity in a sentence

  • Wet clay has plasticity that allows a potter to shape it by hand.
  • The plasticity of the dough made it easy to roll out.
  • Engineers measure a metal's plasticity to see how far it bends before it stays deformed.
  • Beyond the yield point, the beam shows plasticity rather than springing back to its original shape.

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What is "plasticity" in Spanish?
"plasticity" in Spanish is plasticidad. plasticity means: The quality or state of being plastic, able to be shaped or molded.
How do you use "plasticity" in a sentence?
Example: "Wet clay has plasticity that allows a potter to shape it by hand." In Spanish, "plasticity" is plasticidad.
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