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elastic
Adjective
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Something is elastic if it can stretch or bend and go back to the way it was.
She held the papers together by putting an elastic (rubber) band around them.
A metal spring is elastic: it gives back the energy that was put into it when it was pushed.
axis
Noun
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An axis is the imaginary line that an object spins around. This is the middle of the circle of the turn, and at a right angle to it.
The Earth rotates once a day on its axis.
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The second cervical vertebra of the spine.
axis
Noun 2
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A type of deer that lives in Asia.