elasmose

[Gr. elasma =metal beaten out, a metal plate, and Eng. suff. -ose.] Mineralogy: (1) The same as ALTAITE (q. v.). (2) The same as NAYAGITE OF ELASMOSINE (q.v.). ě-lăs-mo-sine, s. [Ger., Eng., ., elasmose, and Eng., ., suff. -ine.] Min.: The same as NAYAGITE (q. v.). e-las-mo-thër-i-um, s . [Gr. elasma = metal beaten out, and therion a wild animal.] Palcont .: A Pachyderm, family Rhinoceride, found in the Post-pliocene beds in various parts of Europe. ě-las-tic, *ě-las-tick, *ě-las-tic-al, a. [From Gr. elaō, fut. elasō to drive; Low Lat. elastic us; Fr. élast i que.] IMG:content-0814.png:[blocks in formation] 1606 2. Readily recovering from depre ion or exhaustion; not permanently giving way to depre ion: as, elastic spirits. "A trifle now sufficed to depre those elastic spirits which had borne up against defeat, exile, and penury."Macaulay: Hist. Eng ., ch. iv. Elastic force of gases : Nat . Phil . ( of gases ): That property of gases by which their particles are constantly repelling each other, so that the gases tend every moment to diffuse themselves through a wider and wider area. Vapors also, which are really gases, po e an elastic force.