The lack of elasticity.

Roget 324: softness, pliableness etc. adj.; flexibility; pliancy, pliability; sequacity^†, malleability; ductility, tractility^†; extendibility, extensibility; plasticity; inelasticity, flaccidity, laxity.    penetrability.    clay, wax, butter, dough, pudding; alumina, argil; cushion, pillow, feather bed, down, padding, wadding; foam.    mollification; softening etc. v.. ... meer laten zien

Roget 326: want of elasticity, absence of elasticity etc. 325; inelasticity etc. (softness) 324,

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