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What does plasticity mean?

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Noun
  1. The quality or state of being plastic.
  2. (physics) the property of a solid body whereby it undergoes a permanent change in shape or size when subjected to a stress exceeding a particular value (the yield value)
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Morphological plasticity is common in clonal plants, particularly in spacers, those parts of clonal plants that interconnect ramets.
Genotypic selection was measured on plastic traits in each environment to test whether the observed direction of plasticity was adaptive.
Her feathered, honey-blond hair is splayed around her, her lips are glossy, and her white halter dress and heels present a doll-like plasticity.
The wide use of ball clay is mainly due to its contribution of workability, plasticity and strength to the bodies in drying.
A certain degree of plasticity in physiological traits is ubiquitous among plants.
Certainly around the turn of the 20th century, Darwinian views were opposed by some botanists because of phenotypic plasticity.

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