semi-elasticity

English

Alternative forms

  • semielasticity

Etymology

semi- + elasticity

Noun

semi-elasticity (plural semi-elasticities)

  1. (economics) The percentage change in a function relative to an absolute change in its parameter. Algebraically, the semi-elasticity of a function f at point x is f'(x)/f(x).
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