To accommodate the burdened pigeon, the dovecote had a spacious, elastic landing board and a large entry hole.
De Maria's pieces show the elastic definition of land art, and while the others are seen getting their hands dirty, photographs of him measuring boundless vistas make him look like a cross between a master builder and mad scientist.
Indeed, ceteris paribus, geographical areas with more elastic housing supply witness larger land consumption.
An aircraft, idealised as an elastic beam with supporting system, lands with speed on an aircraft carrier or floating airport.
Over the longer term, however, the supply curve is more elastic: developers decide to build on land which already has planning permission, and the government relaxes planning restrictions.
The stipe (primary stem) superficially resembles the stem of land plants and is flexible and somewhat elastic.
They bring an elastic ease to his compositions, periodically landing on a backbeat groove.
He studied ligaments that store muscle energy, observing the tendons of porpoises, kangaroos and cheetahs, noting how the cheetah's hind leg landed and compressed, and the elastic nature of it.
But Miles Teller, acclaimed for his turn as a drummer in last year's indie hit Whiplash, was a little ambivalent about taking up the role of an elastic superhero in Fantastic Four when it landed in his lap.
The pectoral girdle is designed to absorb the shock of the anuran as it lands on its forelimbs; an elastic, muscular suspension connecting the pectoral girdle to the skull and vertebral column provides this ability.
