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plasticity

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++
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plas·tic·i·ty /plæˈstɪsəti/ noun [uncountable]  technicalAVSHAPE the quality of being easily made into any shape, and of staying in that shape until someone changes it 可塑性
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plasticityWhile this may be true, we should remember the fragility and plasticity of the human psyche.Another obvious way of increasing plasticity is to mix a relatively fine plastic clay with a stiff clay.This strengthens the claim that there are real universal biochemical principles involved in such mechanisms of neural plasticity.This allows clays to become plastic so that they can be shaped-the property of plasticity.In general their presence increases the clay's plasticity.Alterations in this component could provide a means by which synapses increase their plasticity, as well as their efficiency.
plas·tic·i·ty nounChineseSyllable
the into easily made quality of being Corpus


plasticity
plasticity /plæˈstɪsəti, plæˈstɪsɪti/ noun [uncountable]
technical the quality of being easily made into any shape, and of staying in that shape until someone changes it


plas·ti·cityBrE /plæˈstɪsəti/ 🔊NAmE /plæˈstɪsəti/ 🔊 noun [uncountable] (specialist) the quality of being easily made into different shapes 可塑性;塑性