elastic modulus
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elastic modulus
n
(General Physics) another name for modulus of elasticity
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Noun | 1. | ![]() natural philosophy, physics - the science of matter and energy and their interactions; "his favorite subject was physics" modulus - (physics) a coefficient that expresses how much of a specified property is possessed by a specified substance bulk modulus - the ratio of the change in pressure acting on a volume to the fractional change in volume modulus of rigidity - the coefficient of elasticity for a shearing force Young's modulus - a coefficient of elasticity applicable to the stretching of a wire |
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