Usually means: Deforms under stress, slowly recovers.
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  1. anelastic: Merriam-Webster
  2. anelastic: Collins English Dictionary
  3. anelastic: Wiktionary
  4. anelastic: Dictionary.com
  5. anelastic: Merriam-Webster

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Definitions from Wiktionary (anelastic)

▸ adjective:  (engineering, materials science) Showing no obvious relation between stress and strain.

Similar:
nonelastic, inelastic, unstrainable, nonstretch, nonviscoelastic, unelasticized, nondeforming, modelless, unstrained, unelastic, more...

Opposite:
inelastic, rigid, inflexible, stiff, unyielding

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Similar:
nonelastic, inelastic, unstrainable, nonstretch, nonviscoelastic, unelasticized, nondeforming, modelless, unstrained, unelastic, more...

Opposite:
inelastic, rigid, inflexible, stiff, unyielding



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