BULK MODULUS

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

The ratio of the change in pressure acting on a volume to the fractional change in volume

Classified under:

Nouns denoting quantities and units of measure

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

coefficient of elasticity; elastic modulus; modulus of elasticity ((physics) the ratio of the applied stress to the change in shape of an elastic body)

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