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MODULUS OF ELASTICITY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does modulus of elasticity mean? 

MODULUS OF ELASTICITY (noun)
  The noun MODULUS OF ELASTICITY has 1 sense:

1. (physics) the ratio of the applied stress to the change in shape of an elastic bodyplay

  Familiarity information: MODULUS OF ELASTICITY used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


MODULUS OF ELASTICITY (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

(physics) the ratio of the applied stress to the change in shape of an elastic body

Classified under:

Nouns denoting quantities and units of measure

Synonyms:

coefficient of elasticity; elastic modulus; modulus of elasticity

Hypernyms ("modulus of elasticity" is a kind of...):

modulus ((physics) a coefficient that expresses how much of a specified property is possessed by a specified substance)

Domain category:

natural philosophy; physics (the science of matter and energy and their interactions)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "modulus of elasticity"):

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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