HyperDic: modulus_of_elasticity

English > 1 sense of the expression modulus of elasticity:
NOUNquantitymodulus of elasticity, coefficient of elasticity, elastic modulus(physics) the ratio of the applied stress to the change in shape of an elastic body
English > modulus of elasticity: 1 sense > noun 1, quantity
Meaning(physics) the ratio of the applied stress to the change in shape of an elastic body.
Synonymscoefficient of elasticity, elastic modulus
Categoryphysics, natural philosophyThe science of matter and energy and their interactions
NarrowerYoung's modulusA coefficient of elasticity applicable to the stretching of a wire
bulk modulusThe ratio of the change in pressure acting on a volume to the fractional change in volume
modulus of rigidityThe coefficient of elasticity for a shearing force
Broadermodulus(physics) a coefficient that expresses how much of a specified property is possessed by a specified substance
Catalanmòdul elàstic

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