the property of a substance which has a disproportionate relationship between stress and strain
anelasticity in American English
(ˌænɪlæˈstɪsɪti, ænˌilæˈstɪs-)
noun
Physics
the property of a solid in which deformation depends on the time rate of change of stress as well as on the stress itself
Derived forms
anelastic (ˌænɪˈlæstɪk)
adjective
Word origin
[an-1 + elasticity]an- is a prefix occurring before stems beginning with a vowel or h in loanwords from Greek, where it means “not,” “without,” “lacking” (anarchy; anecdote); used in the formation of compound words. Other words that use the affix an- include: anacoustic, anacrogynous, anapsid, anarchy, anodyne