"elastica" meaning in English

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          "ref": "2020 December, Qiang Wang, Hai-Lin Zou, Zi-Chen Deng, “Snap-through of a pinned-clamped elastica with arbitrarily movable support at the clamped end”, in Mechanics Research Communications, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Pergamon, →DOI, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 1:",
          "text": "This paper studies the snap-through of a pinned-clamped elastica when the support of the clamped end can be moved arbitrarily in plane. The universal snap curve, which describes the critical boundary conditions of the pinned-clamped elasticas, is firstly obtained by determining the saddle-node bifurcation points of the moment-rotation response curves.",
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        "A curve that minimizes bending energy; the shape that a thin flexible rod assumes when its endpoints are fixed."
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        "(materials science) A curve that minimizes bending energy; the shape that a thin flexible rod assumes when its endpoints are fixed."
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        "Connective tissue that contains elastic fibers, such as that found in blood vessels or skin."
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        "(biology) Connective tissue that contains elastic fibers, such as that found in blood vessels or skin."
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