elasticity

noun7

1. •
   The property by virtue of which a material deformed under load can regain its original dimensions when unloaded
2. •
   The quality of being elastic.
3. •
   The sensitivity of changes in a quantity with respect to changes in another quantity.

   • If the sales of an item drop by 5% when the price increases by 10%, its price elasticity is −0.5.
4. •
   The ratio of the relative change in a function's output with respect to the relative change in its input, for infinitesimal changes at a certain point.
5. •
   A measure of the flexibility of a data store's data model and clustering capabilities.
6. •
   A system's ability to adapt to changes in workload by automatically provisioning and de-provisioning resources.
7. •
   Adaptability.

   • Her elasticity allowed her to recover quickly.